C and O isotope compositions of modern fresh-water mollusc shells and river waters from the Himalaya and Ganga plain

Chemical Geology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 156-183

  Gajurel, Ananta Prasad ^a,b   France Lanord, Christian ^c   Huyghe, Pascale ^b   Guilmette, Caroline ^c   Gurung, Damayanti ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

C and O isotopes; Fresh water molluscs; Ganga; Himalaya; Modern rivers; Running water versus pond water; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLLUSC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SHELL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES BASIN; HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33748072128     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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