Late Holocene geochemical history inferred from Sambhar and Didwana playa sediments, Thar Desert, India: Comparison and synthesis

Quaternary International

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-98

  Roy, P D ^a   Smykatz Kloss, W ^a   Sinha, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; PLAYA; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT; WORLD;

TRONA;

EID: 27944444046     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2005.05.018     Document Type: Article

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