The transition from Tethys to the Himalaya as recorded in northwest Pakistan

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1295-1313

  Pivnik, David A ^a   Wells, Neil A ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE;

CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; FLUVIAL DEPOSITION; FORELAND BASIN; NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; SALT DEPOSITION; EARLY EOCENE; INDIAN PLATE; MARINE BASINS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CARBONATE ROCK; CENOZOIC; CONGLOMERATE; DEFLECTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INDIAN PLATE; PLIOCENE; SABKHA; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SUBSIDENCE; TETHYS; UPLIFT; CAINOZOIC; EROSION; FORELAND BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA; KOHAT; PAKISTAN; KOHAT PLATEAU;

EID: 0030429909     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1295:TTFTTT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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