Soviet Rivers: Analytical Component

从俄罗斯境内流入黑海的河流 苏联在一次非常成功的探险中被取样， 1990年的夏天。 建议继续并发展这一 与苏联科学家合作，将这项工作扩展到 东方的河流 我们的苏联同事建议， 咸海的两大支流阿姆河和锡尔河的源头 Darya，在1991年春天取样，在上河工作 莉娜开始在1991年夏天，下莉娜和 1992年开始研究Indigirka。 这些研究将提供宝贵的 关于苏联河流风化产额的信息 联盟从而大大加强了全球大规模的数据库 平衡研究。 东方的河流流淌着一种独特的 亚北极环境。 这将使我们能够比较研究， 与著名的南方热带河流的风化过程 美国的排水相似的岩石类型。 该项目还将 提供最有可能成为第一的区域的基线信息 受到任何温室效应的影响。

The rivers flowing into the Black Sea from the territory of the Soviet Union were sampled on a very successful expedition in the Summer of 1990. It is proposed to continue and develop this collaboration with Soviet scientists by extending this work to the rivers of the East. Our Soviet colleagues have proposed that the headwaters of the two affluents of the Aral Sea, Amu Darya and Syr Darya, be sampled in the Spring of 1991, that work on the Upper Lena begin in the Summer of 1991 and that the Lower Lena and Indigirka be studied in 1992. These studies will provide valuable information on the weathering yield from the rivers of the Soviet Union thereby greatly strengthening the data base for global mass balance studies. The rivers of the East drain a unique unglaciated sub-Arctic environment. This will allow a comparative study of weathering processes with the well known Tropical rivers of South America which drain similar rock types. This project will also provide base line information on the region most likely to be first impacted by any greenhouse warming.