Occurrence of trona in alkaline soils of the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India

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Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 236-239

  Datta, Saugata ^a   Thibault, Yves ^b   Fyfe, W S ^c   Powell, M A ^c   Hart, B R ^c   Martin, R R ^c   Tripthy, S ^d  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBONATE; CRUST; EVAPORATION; EVAPORITE; FLOODING; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; SODIUM; SOIL TYPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; SOUTH ASIA;

TRONA;

EID: 33750345440     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2002/v25i4/003     Document Type: Article

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