A new method of estimating denudation rates of the high Himalaya based on metamorphic index minerals in the Siwalik molasse

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 691-696

  Sorkhabi, Rasoul B ^a   Arita, Kazunori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Sedimentology; Siwalik

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002950494     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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