Neogene magnetic polarity stratigraphy of some fluviatile Siwalik sections, Nepal

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-111

  Rösler, Wolfgang ^a   Metzler, Wolfgang ^a   Appel, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMS; Himalaya; Magnetostratigraphy; Siwaliks

Indexed keywords

HAEMATITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; SIWALIK GROUP;

NEPAL;

EID: 0030779379     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00990.x     Document Type: Article

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