Elemental geochemistry of river sediments from the Deccan Traps, India: Implications to sources of elements and their mobility during basalt-water interaction

Chemical Geology

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 232-254

  Das, Anirban ^a   Krishnaswami, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Deccan Traps; Elemental mobility; River sediments

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DECCAN TRAPS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KRISHNA RIVER; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 34250711417     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.03.023     Document Type: Article

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