Sr and Nd isotopes as tracers of chemical and physical erosion

Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 521-552

  Tripathy, Gyana Ranjan ^a   Singh, Sunil Kumar ^a   Krishnaswami, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; STRONTIUM; TECTONICS; WATERSHEDS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EROSION PATTERNS; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; SILICATE WEATHERING; SR AND ND ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

WEATHERING;

EID: 85016451072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10637-8_26     Document Type: Chapter

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