Neogene Himalayan weathering history and river 87Sr/86Sr: Impact on the marine Sr record

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 59-74

  Derry, Louis A ^a,b   France Lanord, Christian ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Himalayas; Neogene; ODP Site 717; ODP Site 718; Sr 87 Sr 86; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEOGENE; STRONTIUM; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WEATHERING;

INDIAN OCEAN, BENGAL FAN;

EID: 0029839277     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00091-x     Document Type: Article

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