Sources, supply, and seasonality of total suspended matter and associated organic carbon and total nitrogen in three large Asian rivers—Ganges, Mekong, and Yellow

Asian rivers, covering ∼29% of the global river surface area, account for ∼35% of the global freshwater discharge and transport a disproportionately large flux (∼70%) of total suspended matter to the oceans. With recent anthropogenic and climate-induced changes in the flow regimes, it is challenging...

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Main Authors: Siddhartha Sarkar, Sangeeta Verma, Most Shirina Begum, Ji-Hyung Park, Sanjeev Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1067744/full