Weathering control over geomorphology of supermature proterozoic Delhi quartzites of India

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1379-1387

  Tripathi, Jayant K ^a   Rajamani, V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Delhi; Quartzites; Semi arid; Weathering geochemistry

Indexed keywords

QUARTZ; ROCKS; SILICA SAND; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

QUARTZITE;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ; QUARTZITE; WEATHERING;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0345830741     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.501     Document Type: Article

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