Major and trace element geochemistry of Bay of Bengal sediments: Implications to provenances and their controlling factors

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 397, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-30

  Tripathy, Gyana Ranjan ^a,b,c   Singh, Sunil Kumar ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal sediments; Climate; Deccan Traps; Geochemistry; Himalaya; Provenances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894245387     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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