Textural attributes of recent aeolian deposits in different sub-basins of the Thar Desert, India

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-74

  Wadhawan, S K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Aeolian sediments; Quaternary sub basins; Statistical analysis; Textural characteristics; Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DEPOSIT; AEOLIAN SEDIMENT; DESERT; DESERT REGION; GRAIN SIZE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY TEXTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DESERT; GRAIN; INDIA; INDIAN; SAND; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

INDIA, THAR DESERT;

EID: 0029731874     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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