Exploring the temporal change in provenance encoded in the late Quaternary deposits of the Ganga Plain

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 293, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Agrawal, Shailesh ^a,b   Sanyal, Prasanta ^c   Balakrishnan, Srinivasan ^d   Dash, Jitendra K ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^d PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ganga Plain; Himalaya; Peninsular India; Sr and Nd isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

GANGA PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PENINSULAR INDIA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SR AND ND ISOTOPES;

CARBONATES; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; SOILS;

STRONTIUM;

CARBONATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 84878469111     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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