Silicate and carbonate weathering in the drainage basins of the Ganga-Ghaghara-Indus head waters: Contributions to major ion and Sr isotope geochemistry

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-291

  Krishnaswami, S ^a   Stngh, Sunil K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DRAINAGE BASIN; SILICATE; STRONTIUM; WEATHERING;

INDIA;

EID: 0032452917     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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