Ferrous biogenic structures in swamps of the Holocene Katmandu Lake, Nepal - Their implications concerning palaeogeography and physico-chemical disequilibria

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-213

  Dill, Harald G ^a   Melcher, Frank ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basin; Goethite; Holocene; Katmandu; Lake; Nepal; Pyrite; Swamp; Tubular ferricretes; Vivianite

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; KATHMANDU; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3342965730     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2004/0180-0193     Document Type: Article

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