Multiple episodes of aggradation and calcrete formation in Late Quaternary aeolian sands, Central Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-16

  Dhir, R P ^a   Singhvi, A K ^b   Andrews, J E ^c   Kar, A ^a   Sareen, B K ^a,e   Tandon, S K ^d   Kailath, A ^b   Thomas, J V ^b  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Aeolian sediments; Calcretes; Luminescence dating; Palaeoclimate; Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CALCRETE; DESERT; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAVEL BED STREAM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 70349247715     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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