Uplift and tectonics of the Shillong Plateau, Northeast India

Journal of Physics of the Earth

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-176

  Purnachandra Rao, N ^a   Ravi Kumar, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

INDIA, ASSAM, SHILLONG PLATEAU; INDIA, MEGHALAYA, SHILLONG PLATEAU;

EID: 0031426166     PISSN: 00223743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.45.167     Document Type: Article

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