Geochemical signature of provenance, tectonics and chemical weathering in the Quaternary flood plain sediments of the Hindon River, Gangetic plain, India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 566-567, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-94

  Mondal, M E A ^a   Wani, H ^b   Mondal, Bulbul ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Amar Singh College   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Geochemistry; Hindon flood plain; Sediments; Tectono provenance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTATION; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FLOOD PLAINS; GANGA BASIN; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; HIMALAYAS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MONSOON CLIMATE; REE PATTERN; SAND-SIZED PARTICLES; SEDIMENT TEXTURES; SIWALIK; SOURCE ROCKS; TECTONO-PROVENANCE; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

CHROMIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY; TECTONICS; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONGLOMERATE; FLOODPLAIN; FORELAND BASIN; MUDSTONE; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTATION;

GANGETIC PLAIN; HINDON RIVER; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 84865577410     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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