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MOdern River archivEs of Particulate Organic Carbon: MOREPOC
Yutian Ke
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
GEOPS, Université Paris-Saclay-CNRS, Orsay, 91405, France
now at: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Damien Calmels
GEOPS, Université Paris-Saclay-CNRS, Orsay, 91405, France
Julien Bouchez
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Université de Paris, Paris, 75005, France
Cécile Quantin
GEOPS, Université Paris-Saclay-CNRS, Orsay, 91405, France
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In this paper, we introduce the largest and most comprehensive database for riverine particulate organic carbon carried by suspended particulate matter in Earth's fluvial systems: 3546 data entries for suspended particulate matter with detailed geochemical parameters are included, and special attention goes to the elemental and isotopic carbon compositions to better understand riverine particulate organic carbon and its role in the carbon cycle from regional to global scales.
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