The use of oxygen and carbon isotope composition of pedogenic carbonates from Pleistocene palaeosols in NW Bangladesh, as palaeoclimatic indicators

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-168

  Alam, M Shafiqul ^a   Keppens, Eddy ^b   Paepe, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON-13; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN-18; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE INDICATOR; PALAEOSOL; PEDOGENIC CARBONATE; PLEISTOCENE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0030620494     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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