Sr and 87Sr/86 Sr in the Yamuna River System in the Himalaya: Sources, fluxes, and controls on sr isotope composition

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2931-2948

  Dalai, Tarun K ^a,c   Krishnaswami, S ^a   Kumar, Anil ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; YAMUNA RIVER;

EID: 0041353494     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00203-5     Document Type: Article

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