Erratic shortening from balanced cross-sections of the Western Himalayan foreland basin: Causes and implications for basin evolution

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 765-775

  Dubey, A K ^a   Misra, R ^b   Bhakuni, S S ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b ONGC   (India)

Author keywords

Balanced cross section; Crustal shortening; Foreland basin; Himalaya

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CROSS SECTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FORELAND BASIN; GEOMETRY;

INDIA;

EID: 0034761526     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(01)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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