Sediment flux in the modern Indus River inferred from the trace element composition of detrital amphibole grains

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 243-257

  Lee, Jae Il ^a   Clift, Peter D ^a   Layne, Graham ^a   Blum, Joel ^b   Khan, Ali Athar ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Amphibole; Himalayas; Indus River; Nanga Parbat; Neodymium; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; BEDLOAD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRAINAGE BASIN; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDUS RIVER; NANGA PARBAT MASSIF;

EID: 0041622954     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00378-0     Document Type: Article

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