Where is basalt in river sediments, and why does it matter?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 407, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-69

  Garçon, Marion ^a,b   Chauvel, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Deccan traps; Hafnium; Himalaya; Lead; Neodymium; River sediments

Indexed keywords

LEAD; NEODYMIUM;

DECCAN TRAPS; HIMALAYAS; RIVER SEDIMENTS;

HAFNIUM;

BASALT; BEDLOAD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DECCAN TRAPS; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MINERALOGY; NEODYMIUM; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER DEPTH;

CHAMBAL RIVER; GANGES RIVER; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; YAMUNA RIVER;

EID: 84908005040     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.033     Document Type: Article

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