Radiocarbon dating and sedimentation rates in the Holocene alluvial sediments of the northern Bihar plains, India

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-90

  Sinha, Rajiv ^a,b   Friend, Peter F ^a   Switsur, V R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE SEDIMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

INDIA, BIHAR, INDO-GANGETIC PLAIN;

EID: 0029750101     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800007263     Document Type: Article

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