Higher erosion rates in the Himalaya: Geochemical constraints on riverine fluxes

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-26

  Galy, Albert ^a,b,c   France Lanord, Christian ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Isotope; Mass balance; Neodymium; Sediment; Silicon

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; EROSION; FLOODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; SEDIMENTS; SILICON;

AVERAGE COMPOSITION; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTINENTAL SCALE; HIMALAYAN EROSION; MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS;

RIVERS;

BEDLOAD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EROSION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MASS BALANCE; NEODYMIUM; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; GANGA RIVER; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0035239064     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0023:HERITH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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