Micromorphology of Quaternary calcretes around Didwana in Thar desert of Rajasthan

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-35

  Achyuthan, Hema ^a   Rajaguru, S N ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

Author keywords

Calcretes; Ground water; Micromorphology; Pedogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042911858     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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