MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEDIMENTS OF A HIMALAYAN RIVER -YAMUNA RIVER - A TRIBUTARY OF THE GANGES

Authors
JHA PK VAITHIYANATHAN P SUBRAMANIAN V
Citation
Pk. Jha et al., MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEDIMENTS OF A HIMALAYAN RIVER -YAMUNA RIVER - A TRIBUTARY OF THE GANGES, Environmental geology, 22(1), 1993, pp. 13-20
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Water Resources","Environmental Sciences","Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Environmental geology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09430105
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
13 - 20
Database
ISI
SICI code
0943-0105(1993)22:1<13:MCOTSO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Almost the entire suspended load of Yamuna River is transported during the monsoon period; quartz and illite are the dominant minerals of th ese suspended sediments. Basin lithology, tributary contributions, and sediment grain size seem to control mineral distribution in the sedim ents. Trace metal concentrations of Yamuna core sediments reflect thei r mineralogical composition. Illite is the chief clay mineral of the H imalayan river sediments. The mineralogical characteristics of the Him alayan river sediments differ significantly from the Peninsular Indian rivers, which chiefly carry montmorillonite.