Magnetic susceptibility studies of soils in Delhi

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 667-672

  Maiti, Sabyasachi ^a   Meena, Narendra K ^a   Sangode, Satish J ^b   Chakrapani, G J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Delhi; Magnetic susceptibility; Spatial analysis; Top soil

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 30344451961     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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