Geochemistry of Renuka Lake and wetland sediments, Lesser Himalaya (India): Implications for source-area weathering, provenance, and tectonic setting

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-163

  Das, Brijraj K ^a   Birgit Gaye, ^b   Kaur, Parkash ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Lesser Himalaya; Provenance; Renuka lake; Sediment geochemistry; Tectonic setting; Wetland

Indexed keywords

LAKES; PETROGRAPHY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATION (CIA); CLAY FRACTIONS; TECTONIC DELINEATION;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHONDRITE; CRATON; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PETROGRAPHY; PHYLLOSILICATE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; WETLAND; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; LESSER HIMALAYAS; RENUKA LAKE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38849139101     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0801-z     Document Type: Article

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