Sr-Nd isotope composition of the Bay of Bengal sediments: Impact of climate on erosion in the Himalaya

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-186

  Tripathy, Gyana Ranjan ^a   Sing, Sunil Kumar ^a   Bhushan, Ravi ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Climate; Erosion; Himalaya; Sr Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; EROSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SAMARIUM; SEDIMENT CORE;

BAY OF BENGAL; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84855713421     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0112     Document Type: Article

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