Weathering Intensity in Lowland River Basins: From the Andes to the Amazon Mouth | Zendy

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Weathering Intensity in Lowland River Basins: From the Andes to the Amazon Mouth

Author(s) -

Julien Bouchez,

Jérôme Gaillardet,

Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

procedia earth and planetary science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1878-5220

DOI - 10.1016/j.proeps.2014.08.063

Subject(s) - weathering , denudation , geology , erosion , drainage basin , amazon rainforest , alluvium , sedimentary rock , geochemistry , structural basin , soil production function , earth science , hydrology (agriculture) , geomorphology , soil science , paleontology , soil water , geography , tectonics , pedogenesis , ecology , cartography , geotechnical engineering , biology

Actively eroding mountains supply un-weathered material into large river basins. It is still not known whether these un-weathered minerals undergo significant chemical weathering during storage in continental alluvial deposits within the surrounding lowland areas. Here we use previously reported weathering and erosion fluxes of rivers from the Amazon Basin to assess this effect. We show that the fraction of total denudation (weathering plus erosion) occurring as dissolved export experiences only a slight increase during transfer through the lowlands. The overall low weathering intensity of Andean sediments throughout the Amazon basin is attributed to the fact that source rocks are recycled meta-sedimentary rocks

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