Subsurface Quaternary aeolian stratigraphy in the Ghaggar basin of Thar Desert, India

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-51

  Wadhawan, Sudesh Kumar ^a   Kumar, Virendra ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Aeolian stratigraphy; Ghaggar basin; Neotectonism; Quaternary continental sediments; Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN STRATIGRAPHY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY SEDIMENT;

INDIA, THAR DESERT, GHAGGAR BASIN;

EID: 0029775396     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0004     Document Type: Article

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