Formation and preservation of pedogenic carbonates in South India, links with paleo-monsoon and pedological conditions: Clues from Sr isotopes, U-Th series and REEs

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7059-7085

  Violette, Aurélie ^a,b,c   Riotte, Jean ^a,b,c,d   Braun, Jean Jacques ^a,b,c,d   Oliva, Priscia ^a,b,c   Marechal, Jean Christophe ^a,b,c,d   Sekhar, M ^d   Jeandel, Catherine ^e   Subramanian, S ^d   Prunier, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Barbiero, Laurent ^a,b,c   Dupre, Bernard ^a,b,c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE ROCK; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PEDOGENESIS; PEDOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAPROLITE; SOIL HORIZON; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 78650177864     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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