Palaeomagnetic results from the Pleistocene-Holocene lake deposits of Bhimtal and Bhowali (Kumaun Himalaya) and Lamayuru (Ladakh Himalaya) with reference to the reversal events

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-20

  Kotlia, B S ^a   Bhalla, M S ^b   Shah, Nalin ^a   Rajagopalan, G ^c  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Fluvio lacustrine deposits; Kumaun; Ladakh Himalaya; Mangtostratigraphy; Quaternary Holocene; Reversal events

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

INDIA, HIMALAYAS, KUMAUN HIMALAYA;

EID: 0031808996     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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