Geochemical cycling in the Hooghly estuary, India

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 171-183

  Somayajulu, B L K ^a   Rengarajan, R ^a   Jani, R A ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

18O; Hooghly estuary; Sediments; Suspended matter; U Th series nuclides

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; MIXING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SUSPENDED LOAD; URANIUM;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA;

EID: 0036800940     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(02)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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