Hydrochemistry and Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) Cycling in a Tropical Agricultural River, Mun River Basin, Northeast Thailand
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Water Sampling and Analysis
2.3. Data Processing
3. Results
3.1. Geochemistry of the Mun River Water
3.2. DIC System and δ13CDIC Values
4. Discussion
4.1. Sources of Groundwater DIC
4.2. Rock Weathering Versus the δ13CDIC Values
4.3. Carbon Isotopic Composition of Anthropogenic DIC
4.4. DIC Evasion from the River System
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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mmol/L | μatm | cm/h | mmol/(m2·d) | ||||
Mun | Thailand | Tropic | 1.4 | 4392 | 10 | 240 | This study |
Lower Mekong | East Asia | Tropic | 1.6 | 1090 | 26 | 195 | [5] |
Sinamay | French | Tropic | - | - | - | 30–461 | [50] |
Amazon | Brazil | Tropic | - | 4350 | 10 | 189.0 | [15] |
Amazon | Brazil | Tropic | - | 3320 | 15 | 345.2 | [51] |
Nanpan | China | Subtropics | 2.8 | 2644 | 8 | 194 | [52] |
Beipan | China | Subtropics | 2.6 | 1287 | 8 | 78 | [52] |
Xijiang | China | Subtropics | 1.6 | 2600 | 8–15 | 189–356 | [53] |
Yangtza | China | Subtropics | 1.7 | 1297 | - | 14.2 | [19] |
Longchuan | China | Subtropics | 1.1–4.6 | 1230–2100 | - | 74–156 | [54] |
Ottawa | Canada | Temperate | 0.05–3 | 1200 | 4 | 80.8 | [17] |
Hudson | USA | Temperate | - | 1125 | 4 | 16–s37 | [18] |
Mississippi | USA | Temperate | 0.5 | 1335 | - | 270 | [2] |
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Li, X.; Han, G.; Liu, M.; Song, C.; Zhang, Q.; Yang, K.; Liu, J. Hydrochemistry and Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) Cycling in a Tropical Agricultural River, Mun River Basin, Northeast Thailand. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3410. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183410
Li X, Han G, Liu M, Song C, Zhang Q, Yang K, Liu J. Hydrochemistry and Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) Cycling in a Tropical Agricultural River, Mun River Basin, Northeast Thailand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(18):3410. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183410
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Xiaoqiang, Guilin Han, Man Liu, Chao Song, Qian Zhang, Kunhua Yang, and Jinke Liu. 2019. "Hydrochemistry and Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) Cycling in a Tropical Agricultural River, Mun River Basin, Northeast Thailand" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 18: 3410. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183410