Sedimentology of the Indus group, Ladakh, northern India: Implications for the timing of initiation of the palaeo-Indus River

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-162

  Sinclair, H D ^a   Jaffey, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Indus; Intermontane basins; Ladakh; Molasse

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MOLASSE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0035023083     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.1.151     Document Type: Article

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