The Himalaya-Bengal fan denudation-accumulation system during the past 20 Ma

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-184

  Einsele, Gerhard ^a   Ratschbacher, Lothar ^a,b   Wetzel, Andreas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; DEEP SEA FAN; DEEP-SEA FANS; DENUDATION; EROSION; FORELAND BASIN; MASS BALANCES; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS; BAY OF BENGAL, BENGAL FAN; INDIAN OCEAN, BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0029749098     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629812     Document Type: Article

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