Geochemical zones and reconstruction of late Holocene environments from shallow core sediments of the Pachapadra paleo-lake, Thar Desert, India

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-322

  Roy, P D ^a,b   Smykatz Kloss, W ^a   Morton, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Evaporite mineralogy; Geochemical zones; Holocene; India; Paleo hydrology; Paleo lake; Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 48049114810     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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