Fluxes of Sr into the headwaters of the Ganges

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2567-2584

  Bickle, Mike J ^a   Bunbury, Judith ^a   Chapman, Hazel J ^a   Harris, Nigel B W ^b   Fairchild, Ian J ^c   Ahmad, Talat ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; STRONTIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

ASIA; CHINA; GANGES RIVER; HIMALAYAS; TIBET;

EID: 0042267892     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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