Nagthat Formation: An example of a progradational, tide-dominated Proterozoic succession in Kumaun Lesser Himalaya, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-368

  Pant, C C ^a   Shukla, U K ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOCURRENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KUMAUN HILLS;

EID: 0032801316     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(98)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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