Pathways of calcrete development on weathered silicate rocks in Tamil Nadu, India: Mineralogy, chemistry and paleoenvironmental implications

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Durand, N ^a,b   Gunnell, Y ^c   Curmi, P ^d   Ahmad, S M ^e  

^a FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Chemical weathering; Groundwater; India; Isotopic tracing; Landscape chronology; Petrography; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GNEISS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PETROGRAPHY; SEMIARID REGION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ASIA; COIMBATORE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33750203147     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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