Iron-stained quartz to distinguish holocene from pleistocene alluvial deposits in small core samples

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 357-367

  Stanley, Daniel Jean ^a   Hait, Arghya K ^b   Jorstad, Thomas F ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Natural Resources Data Management System India   (India)

Author keywords

Climate; Delta stratigraphy; Eolian transport; Fluvial processes; Ganges Brahmaputra delta; Holocene; Iron oxide coatings; Laterisation; Nile delta; Pleistocene; Sea level change; Sediment cores; Transport processes; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CORE ANALYSIS; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHY;

BANGLADESH; INDIA;

EID: 0034041894     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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