Strontium isotopes and major ion chemistry in the Chambal River system, India: Implications to silicate erosion rates of the Ganga

Chemical Geology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 87-101

  Rengarajan, R ^a   Singh, Sunil K ^a   Sarin, M M ^a   Krishnaswami, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Chambal River; Major ion chemistry; Saline alkaline soils; Silicate erosion; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; EROSION RATE; HEADWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIVER WATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHAMBAL RIVER; EURASIA; GANGES RIVER; INDIA; RAJSHAHI; SOUTH ASIA; YAMUNA RIVER;

EID: 60249092001     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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