A balanced cross section across the Himalayan foreland belt, the Punjab and Himachal foothills: A reinterpretation of structural styles and evolution

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-205

  Mukhopadhyay, Dllip K ^a   Mlshra, Premanand ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Balanced cross section; Crustal shortening; Himalayan foreland fold thrust belt; Siwalik Hills; Synchronous thrusting

Indexed keywords

BALANCED CROSS-SECTION; DEFORMATION; TECTONICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0033381174     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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