Chemical weathering in the river basins of the Himalaya, India

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 841-849

  Krishnaswami, S ^a   Singh, Sunil K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Co2 draw down; Deccan; Ganga brahmaputra; Himalaya

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744444551     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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