Discovery of the palaeo-Indus delta-fan complex

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 753-756

  Qayyum, Mazhar ^a   Lawrence, Robert D ^a   Niem, Alan R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deltas; Himalaya; Pakistan; Sedimentation; Submarine fans; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA FAN; DEEP-SEA FANS; MOLASSE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS; TERTIARY; TURBIDITE;

INDIAN OCEAN, INDUS FAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0031450721     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.5.0753     Document Type: Article

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