Chemical and strontium isotopic composition of Kaveri, Palar and Ponnaiyar rivers: Significance to weathering of granulites and granitic gneisses of southern Peninsular India

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-531

  Pattanaik, Jitendra K ^a   Balakrishnan, S ^a   Bhutani, Rajneesh ^a   Singh, Pramod ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Kaveri; Palar; Strontium isotope; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 34548696418     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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