U-Pb zircon dating evidence for a Pleistocene Sarasvati River and capture of the Yamuna River

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-214

  Clift, Peter D ^a,b   Carter, Andrew ^c   Giosan, Liviu ^d   Durcan, Julie ^e   Duller, Geoff A T ^e   Macklin, Mark G ^e   Alizai, Anwar ^f   Tabrez, Ali R ^g   Danish, Mohammed ^g   VanLaningham, Sam ^h   Fuller, Dorian Q ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^g National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; CHANNEL SAND BODY; RIVER SANDS; SUMMER MONSOON; THAR DESERT; U-PB ZIRCON DATING; YAMUNA RIVERS; ZIRCON SAND;

RIVERS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CIVILIZATION; DUNE; MONSOON; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE; SUMMER; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BEAS RIVER; INDIA; THAR DESERT; YAMUNA RIVER;

EID: 84858146832     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32840.1     Document Type: Article

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