Mineralogy of the Ganges and Brahmaputra
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David C. Heroy; Steven A. Kuehl; Steven L. Goodbred Jr.
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Article
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2003
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Late Quaternary sediments of the Bengal basin contain a history of river switching and climate change as revealed from sand-and clay-size mineralogy of boreholes and modern riverbed grabs. Epidote to garnet ratios (E/G) in sand fraction sediments are diagnostic of source, with high ( > 1) E/G indica