Exotic conglomerates of the Neogene Siwalik succession and their implications for the tectonic and topographic evolution of the Western Himalaya

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 170, Issue , 2000, Pages 455-466

  Abbasi, I A ^b   Friend, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITION; EROSION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; NEOGENE; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

INDIA; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0034032730     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.24     Document Type: Article

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