A paleo-Brahmaputra? Subsurface lithofacies analysis of Miocene deltaic sediments in the Himalayan-Bengal system, Bangladesh

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 239-254

  Uddin, Ashraf ^a,b   Lundberg, Neil ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Deltaic sedimentation; Electric logging; Himalayas; Lithofacies; Paleogeography

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; LITHOFACIES; MIOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0032853526     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00134-1     Document Type: Article

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