Chemical weathering in the plain and peninsular sub-basins of the Ganga: Impact on major ion chemistry and elemental fluxes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2340-2355

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

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EROSION RATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RIVER WATER; SILICATE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

GANGES BASIN; GOMTI RIVER; INDIA; SON RIVER; UTTAR PRADESH; YAMUNA RIVER;

EID: 77949261477     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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