REE geochemistry of the recent playa sediments from the Thar Desert, India: An implication to playa sediment provenance

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-68

  Roy, P D ^a,b   Smykatz Kloss, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Evaporites; India; Playa lakes; Provenance; REE geochemistry; Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EVAPORITE; HEAVY MINERAL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MESOZOIC; MINERALOGY; PLAYA; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 34247602622     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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