Chemical and strontium, oxygen, and carbon isotopic compositions of carbonates from the Lesser Himalaya: Implications to the strontium isotope composition of the source waters of the Ganga, Ghaghara, and the Indus rivers

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 743-755

  Singh, Sunil K ^a   Trtvedi, J R ^a   Pande, K ^a   Ramesh, R ^a   Krishnaswami, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PRECAMBRIAN; RIVER WATER; SOURCE WATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0031683703     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00381-5     Document Type: Article

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