Pb isotopic variability in the modern-Pleistocene Indus River system measured by ion microprobe in detrital K-feldspar grains

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4771-4795

  Alizai, Anwar ^a   Clift, Peter D ^a   Giosan, Liviu ^b   VanLaningham, Sam ^c   Hinton, Richard ^d   Tabrez, Ali R ^e   Danish, Muhammad ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; FELDSPAR; HOLOCENE; ION MICROPROBE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE; SAND; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

INDUS RIVER; THAR DESERT;

EID: 79961168542     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.05.039     Document Type: Article

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