Mineralogy of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers: Implications for river switching and Late Quaternary climate change

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 343-359

  Heroy, David C ^a   Kuehl, Steven A ^b   Goodbred Jr , Steven L ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; CLAY MINERAL; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY;

BANGLADESH; INDIA;

EID: 0037301479     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00186-0     Document Type: Article

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