C. J. Allègre, S. Hart, and J. Minster, Chemical structure and evolution of the 635 mantle and continents determined by inversion of Nd and Sr isotopic data, II. 636 Numerical experiments and discussion, Earth Planet. Sci. Let, vol.66, pp.191-213, 1983.

C. J. Allègre and E. Lewin, Chemical structure and history of the Earth: evidence 639 from global non--linear inversion of isotopic data in a three--box model, 1989.

, Sci. Let, vol.96, pp.61-88

R. A. Berner, A. C. Lasaga, and R. M. Garrels, The carbonate--silicate geochemical 643 cycle and its effect on atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 100 million years, 1983.

, Am. J. Sci, vol.283, pp.641-683

J. Bouchez, J. Gaillardet, C. France--lanord, L. Maurice, and P. Dutra--maia, Grain 647 size control of river suspended sediment geochemistry: Clues from Amazon River 648 depth profiles, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst, vol.12, p.3008, 2011.

J. Bouchez, J. Gaillardet, M. Lupker, P. Louvat, C. France--lanord et al., , p.651

E. Armijos and J. Moquet, Floodplains of large rivers: Weathering reactors or 652 simple silos?, Chem. Geol, pp.166-184, 2012.

J. Bouchez, M. Lupker, J. Gaillardet, C. France--lanord, and L. Maurice, How 655 important is it to integrate riverine suspended sediment chemical composition with 656 depth? Clues from Amazon River depth--profiles, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Act, vol.75, pp.6955-6970, 2011.

J. Bouchez, F. Von-blanckenburg, and J. A. Schuessler, Modeling novel stable 660 isotope ratios in the weathering zone, Am. J. Sci, vol.313, pp.267-308, 2013.

K. W. Burton and N. Vigier, Lithium Isotopes as tracers in Marine and terrestrial 663 environments, Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry, pp.41-59, 2012.

H. Springer-berlin,

M. A. Carson, J. N. Jasper, and F. M. Conly, Magnitude and Sources of Sediment 667 Input to the Mackenzie Delta, pp.1974-94, 1998.

K. C. Condie, Chemical composition and evolution of the upper continental 670 crust: Contrasting results from surface samples and shales, Chem. Geol, vol.104, pp.1-37, 1993.

A. Dosseto, B. Bourdon, J. Gaillardet, C. J. Allègre, and N. Filizola, Time scale and 673 conditions of weathering under tropical climate: Study of the Amazon basin with U--674 series, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Act, vol.70, pp.71-89, 2006.

M. Dellinger, J. Gaillardet, J. Bouchez, D. Calmels, P. Louvat et al., Mineralogical Magazine, vol.77, issue.5, p.967

B. Dupré, C. Dessert, P. Oliva, Y. Goddéris, J. Viers et al., Rivers, chemical weathering and Earth's climate, C.R. Geosci, vol.335, pp.1141-681, 1160.

E. Franzinelli and P. E. Potter, Petrology, Chemistry, and Texture of Modern River 684 Sands, Amazon River System, J. Geol, vol.91, pp.23-39, 1983.

J. Gaillardet, B. Dupré, and C. J. Allègre, A global geochemical mass budget applied 687 to the Congo Basin rivers: Erosion rates and continental crust composition, 1995.

, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Act, vol.59, pp.3469-3485

J. Gaillardet, B. Dupré, and C. J. Allègre, Geochemistry of large river suspended 691 sediments: silicate weathering or recycling tracer?, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Act, vol.63, pp.4037-4051, 1999.

J. Gaillardet, B. Dupré, P. Louvat, and C. J. Allègre, Global silicate weathering and 695 CO2 consumption rates deduced from the chemistry of large rivers, Chem. Geol, vol.159, pp.3-30, 1999.

J. Gaillardet, J. Viers, and B. Dupré, Trace elements in river waters. Treatise on 699 geochemistry, vol.5, pp.225-272, 2003.

A. Galy and C. France--lanord, Weathering processes in the Ganges-Brahmaputra 702 basin and the riverine alkalinity budget, Chem. Geol, vol.159, pp.31-60, 1999.

A. Galy and C. France--lanord, Higher erosion rates in the Himalaya: Geochemical 705 constraints on riverine fluxes, Geology, vol.29, pp.23-26, 2001.

V. Galy, C. France--lanord, O. Beyssac, P. Faure, H. Kudrass et al., 708 Efficient organic carbon burial in the Bengal fan sustained by the Himalayan 709 erosional system, Nature, vol.450, pp.407-410, 2007.

R. Gardner and N. Walsh, Chemical weathering of metamorphic rocks from low 712 elevations in the southern Himalaya, Chem. Geol, vol.127, pp.161-176, 1996.

R. B. Georg, B. C. Reynolds, A. J. West, K. W. Burton, and A. N. Halliday, Silicon 715 isotope variations accompanying basalt weathering in Iceland, Earth Planet. Sci. Let, vol.716, issue.261, pp.476-490, 2007.

R. J. Gibbs, The geochemistry of the Amazon River system: Part I. The factors 719 that control the salinity and the composition and concentration of the suspended 720 solids, GSA Bulletin, vol.78, pp.1203-1232, 1967.

A. M. Heimsath, W. E. Dietrich, K. Nishiizumi, and R. C. Finkel, The soil production 723 function and landscape equilibrium, Nature, vol.388, pp.358-361, 1997.

R. G. Hilton, A. Galy, N. Hovius, M. J. Horng, and H. Chen, The isotopic composition 726 of particulate organic carbon in mountain rivers of Taiwan, Geochim. et Cosmochim, 2010.

, Act, vol.74, pp.3164-3181

H. D. Holland, The Chemical Evolution of the Atmosphere and Oceans, 1984.

Y. Huh, L. H. Chan, and J. M. Edmond, Lithium isotopes as a probe of weathering 733 processes: Orinoco River, Earth Planet. Sci. Let, vol.194, pp.189-199, 2001.

Y. Huh, L. Chan, L. Zhang, and J. M. Edmond, Lithium and its isotopes in major 736 world rivers: implications for weathering and the oceanic budget, Geochim. et 737 Cosmochim. Act, vol.62, pp.2039-2051, 1998.

R. H. James and M. R. Palmer, The lithium isotope composition of international 740 rock standards, Chem. Geol, vol.166, issue.3, pp.319-326, 2000.

B. Kisakurek, R. H. James, and N. B. Harris, Li and ? 7 Li in Himalayan rivers: 743 Proxies for silicate weathering?, Earth Planet. Sci. Let, vol.237, pp.387-401, 2005.

B. Kisakürek, M. Widdowson, and R. H. James, Behaviour of Li isotopes during 746 continental weathering: the Bidar laterite profile, Chem. Geol, vol.212, pp.27-44, 2004.

C. A. Lee, D. M. Morton, M. G. Little, R. Kistler, U. N. Horodyskyj et al., , p.749

A. Agranier, Regulating continent growth and composition by chemical 750 weathering, Proc. Nati. Acad. Sci, vol.105, pp.4981-4986, 2008.

E. Lemarchand, F. Chabaux, N. Vigier, R. Millot, and M. Pierret, Lithium 753 isotope systematics in a forested granitic catchment, p.754, 2010.

. France, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Act, vol.74, pp.4612-4628

X. Liu and R. L. Rudnick, Constraints on continental crustal mass loss via 757 chemical weathering using lithium and its isotopes, Proc. Nati. Acad. Sci, p.3062, 2011.

M. Lupker, C. France--lanord, V. Galy, J. Lavé, J. Gaillardet et al., Predominant floodplain over mountain 761 weathering of Himalayan sediments (Ganga basin), Geochim. et Cosmochim. Act, vol.84, pp.410-432, 2012.

M. Lupker, C. France--lanord, J. Lavè, J. Bouchez, V. Galy et al., , p.765

B. Lartiges and J. Mugnier, A Rouse--based method to integrate the chemical 766 composition of river sediments: Application to the Ganga basin, J. Geophys. Res, vol.116, p.4012, 2011.

T. Magna, U. Wiechert, T. L. Grove, and A. N. Halliday, Lithium isotope 770 fractionation in the southern Cascadia subduction zone, Earth Planet. Sci. Let, vol.250, pp.428-443, 2006.

J. D. Milliman and K. L. Farnsworth, , 2011.

R. Millot, J. Gaillardet, B. Dupré, and C. J. Allègre, Northern latitude chemical 777 weathering rates: clues from the Mackenzie River Basin, Canada. Geochim. et 778 Cosmochim. Act, vol.67, pp.1305-1329, 2003.

R. Millot, N. Vigier, and J. Gaillardet, Behaviour of lithium and its isotopes during 781 weathering in the Mackenzie Basin, Canada. Geochim. et Cosmochim. Act, vol.74, pp.3897-782, 2010.

R. Millot, B. Scaillet, and B. Sanjuan, Lithium isotopes in island arc geothermal 785 systems: Guadeloupe, Martinique (French West Indies) and experimental approach, 2010.

, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Act, vol.74, pp.1852-1871

S. C. Penniston--dorland, G. E. Bebout, P. A. Pogge-von-strandmann, and T. Elliott, , p.789

S. S. Sorensen, Lithium and its isotopes as tracers of subduction zone fluids, vol.790, p.33, 2012.

J. Wimpenny, R. H. James, K. W. Burton, A. Gannoun, F. Mokadem et al., Glacial effects on weathering processes: New insights from the elemental and 883 lithium isotopic composition of West Greenland rivers, Earth Planet. Sci. Let, vol.882, pp.427-437, 2010.

H. Wittmann, F. Von-blanckenburg, J. L. Guyot, A. Laraque, C. Bernal et al., Sediment production and transport from in situ--produced cosmogenic 10Be 888 and river loads in the Napo River basin, an upper Amazon tributary of Ecuador and 889 Peru, J. South Am. Earth Sci, vol.887, pp.45-53, 2011.

H. Wittmann, F. Von-blanckenburg, L. Maurice, J. Guyot, N. Filizola et al., Sediment production and delivery in the Amazon River basin quantified by 893 in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides and recent river loads, GSA Bulletin, vol.892, pp.934-950, 2011.