Research Article

Hydrochemical Denudation and Transient Carbon Dioxide Drawdown in the Highly Glacierized, Shrinking Koxkar Basin, China

Table 2

Joint empirical orthogonal function analysis of the major ion concentrations of the river samples collected in the Koxkar basin.

ItemEOF1EOF2EOF3EOF4

Na+0.811−0.560−0.2730.073
K+0.829−0.535−0.2150.087
Mg2+0.832−0.541−0.1140.108
Ca2+0.6760.0240.722−0.129
F0.5740.6550.1880.407
Cl0.8330.615−0.258−0.142
0.8500.582−0.0860.096
0.7950.418−0.155−0.672
0.775−0.4860.5990.046

Total variance explained (%)35.6726.0217.6614.81