Seawater neodymium isotopic composition in the northeastern Indian Ocean during the LGM to Holocene: Response to glacial and monsoonal weathering in Himalaya-Tibet

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-432

  Padmakumari, V M ^a   Ahmad, S M ^a   Dayal, A M ^a   Rajan, R Soundar ^a   Gopalan, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Holocene; LGM; Monsoon; Neodymium isotopes; Oxygen isotopes; Planktonic and benthic foraminifera; Riverine input; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GLACIAL EROSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33751211821     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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