Crystal chemistry of suspended matter in a tropical hydrosystem, Nyong basin (Cameroon, Africa)

• Published in: Chemical geology Vol. 170; no. 1; pp. 113 - 131
• Main Authors: Olivié-Lauquet, Gwenaelle, Allard, Thierry, Bertaux, Jacques, Muller, Jean-Pierre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2000
• Subjects: Cameroon, Nyong R; Colloids; Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; Freshwater; FTIR spectroscopy; Suspended matter; Tropical watershed; X-ray diffraction; Cameroon, Centre, Nyong R; Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; Colloids; X-ray diffraction; Tropical watershed; Suspended matter; Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; FTIR spectroscopy

Suspended matter (SM) from the Nyong basin (Cameroon, Africa), a tropical watershed, was collected by tangential flow ultrafiltration to separate particulate (>0.45 μm) and colloidal (<0.45 μm; >20 kDa) fractions. In this basin, two distinctive systems in a selected small catchment (Nsimi–Z...