Sr and Nd isotopes in River sediments from the Ganga basin: Sediment provenance and spatial variability in physical erosion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Singh, Sunil K ^a   Rai, Santosh K ^a,b   Krishnaswami, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES BASIN; INDIA; RAJMAHAL BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 56649102148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000909     Document Type: Article

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