Oxygen isotope study of evaporating brines in Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan (India)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 109-118

  Yadav, D N ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Brine; Evaporation cycle; Meteoric waters; Salt lake; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

BRINE; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; SALT LAKE;

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, SAMBHAR LAKE;

EID: 0030752249     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00154-4     Document Type: Article

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