Clay mineral variations in Holocene terrestrial sediments from the Indus Basin

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 368-381

  Alizai, Anwar ^a   Hillier, Stephen ^b   Clift, Peter D ^a   Giosan, Liviu ^c   Hurst, Andrew ^a   VanLaningham, Sam ^d   Macklin, Mark ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Floodplain; Fluvial processes; Himalaya; Indus Delta; Large rivers; Monsoon; XRD

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALOGY; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HIMALAYAS; INDUS DELTA; LARGE RIVERS; MONSOON; XRD;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SEDIMENTS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHLORITE; CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; ILLITE; KAOLINITE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

INDUS BASIN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84860440593     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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