Geochemical signatures of Late Holocene paleo-hydrological changes from Phulera and Pokharan saline playas near the eastern and western margins of the Thar Desert, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-286

  Roy, P D ^a   Nagar, Y C ^b   Juyal, N ^b   Smykatz Kloss, W ^c   Singhvi, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaporite mineralogy; Geochemistry; Holocene; Paleo hydrology; Playa; Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DESICCATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EVAPORITE; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLAYA; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 55349108167     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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