Climate control on erosion distribution over the Himalaya during the past ∼ 100 ka

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 559-562

  Rahaman, Waliur ^a   Singh, Sunil K ^a   Sinha, Rajiv ^b   Tandon, S K ^c  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PROFILE; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGIES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LESSER HIMALAYA; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SILICATE ROCKS; SOLAR INSOLATION; SR AND ND ISOTOPES;

CLIMATE CONTROL; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

STRONTIUM;

DEPOSITION; EROSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; SILICATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 69649094516     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25425A.1     Document Type: Article

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