Temporal variation in Sr and 87Sr/86Sr of the Brahmaputra: Implications for annual fluxes and tracking flash floods through chemical and isotope composition

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Rai, Santosh K ^a   Singh, Sunil K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Brahmaputra; Flash flood; Temporal variation; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249083905     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001610     Document Type: Article

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