Barium in Deccan Basalt Rivers: Its abundance, relative mobility and flux

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-238

  Das, Anirban ^a,b   Krishnaswami, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barium; Chemical weathering; Deccan basalts; Dissolved flux; Rivers

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DECCAN TRAPS; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33745939659     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-005-5856-4     Document Type: Article

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