Stable isotopic composition of pedogenic carbonates from the eastern margin of the Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India

Quaternary International

Volumn 162-163, Issue , 2007, Pages 50-60

  Achyuthan, Hema ^a   Quade, Jay ^b   Roe, Lois ^b   Placzek, Christa ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; DUNE; INTERGLACIAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PEDOGENESIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; UPWELLING; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT;

POACEAE;

EID: 33847666931     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.031     Document Type: Article

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