Fluvial and lacustrine palaeoenvironments of the Miocene Siwalik Group, Khaur area, northern Pakistan

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 349-368

  Zaleha, Michael J ^a,b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001372566     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1997.tb01529.x     Document Type: Article

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