Palaeohydrology of the Sambhar Playa, Thar Desert, India, using geomorphological and sedimentological evidences

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-430

  Sinha, Rajiv ^a   Stueben, D ^b   Berner, Zsolt ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaporites; Palaeohydrology; Playa sedimentology; Saline lake

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLAYA; QUATERNARY; SALINE LAKE; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SAMBHAR LAKE; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT; WORLD;

EID: 10244247744     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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