Calcretized ferricretes around the Jaisalmer area, Thar Desert, India: Their chemistry, mineralogy, micromorphology and genesis

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-223

  Ramakrishnan, Desikan ^a   Tiwari, Krishna Chandra ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Ferricrete; Inversion of relief; Micromorphology; Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; DURICRUST; FERRICRETE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAISALMER; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 33746361234     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 13000985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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