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JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 88, Issue -, Pages 74-84Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.03.011
Keywords
Dual isotopes of sulphate; delta C-13-DIC; Hot spring; Weathering processes; Eastern Himalaya
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-XB2-08]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41130536, 41210004, 40873012]
- 973 Program [2013CB956401]
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To better understand chemical weathering and controlling processes in the Yalong River of the eastern Tibetan Plateau, this study presents major ion concentrations and stable isotopes of the dissolved loads. The isotopic compositions (delta C-13-DIC, delta S-34 and delta O-18-SO4) of the dissolved loads are very useful to quantify solute sources and define the carbon budget related with chemical weathering in riverine systems. The isotopic composition of sulphate demonstrates that most of the sulphate is derived from sulphide oxidation, particularly in the upper reach of the Yalong River. The correlations between delta C-13-DIC, water chemistry and isotopes of sulphate, suggest that the carbon dynamics are mainly affected by carbonate weathering by sulphuric acid and equilibration processes. Approximately 13% of the dissolved inorganic carbon in the Yalong River originates from carbonate weathering by strong acid. The CO2 consumption rates are estimated to be 2.8 x 10(5) mol/km(2)/yr and 0.9 x 10(5) mol/km2/yr via carbonate and silicate weathering in the Yalong River, respectively. In this study, the influence of sulphide oxidation and metamorphic CO2 on the carbon budget is estimated for the Yalong River draining the eastern Tibetan Plateau. (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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