Sr and 87Sr/86Sr in waters and sediments of the Brahmaputra river system: Silicate weathering, CO2 consumption and Sr flux

Chemical Geology

Volumn 234, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 308-320

  Singh, Sunil Kumar ^a   Kumar, Anil ^b   France Lanord, Christian ^c  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Brahmaputra; Himalaya; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ION; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICATE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; EURASIA;

EID: 33749654250     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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