Predominant floodplain over mountain weathering of Himalayan sediments (Ganga basin)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 410-432

  Lupker, Maarten ^a   France Lanord, Christian ^a   Galy, Valier ^b   Lavé, Jérôme ^a   Gaillardet, Jérôme ^c   Gajurel, Ananta Prasad ^d   Guilmette, Caroline ^a   Rahman, Mustafizur ^e   Singh, Sunil Kumar ^f   Sinha, Rajiv ^g  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^f PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGNESIUM; MOUNTAIN REGION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICATE; SOURCE ROCK; WEATHERING PROFILE; WEATHERING RATE;

GANGES BASIN;

EID: 84862776723     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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