Weathering of lower crustal rocks in the Kaveri river catchment, southern India: Implications to sediment geochemistry

Chemical Geology

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 410-419

  Rajamani, V ^a   Tripathi, Jayant K ^a   Malviya, V P ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Erosion; Rare earth elements; Sahyadri mountains; Sediment geochemistry; Upper continental crust (UCC); Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DENUDATION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FELSIC ROCK; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MOBILIZATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; CAUVERY RIVER; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 67650251235     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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