The strontium isotopic budget of Himalayan Rivers in Nepal and Bangladesh

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 1905-1925

  France Lanord, Christian ^a,b   Derry, Louis A ^b  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIVER WATER; STRONTIUM;

BANGLADESH; NEPAL;

EID: 0342723786     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00081-2     Document Type: Article

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