Quaternary alluvial fan sedimentation in the Dehradun Valley Piggyback Basin, NW Himalaya: Tectonic and palaeoclimatic implications

Basin Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 449-471

  Kumar Singh, A ^e   Parkash, B ^a   Mohindra, R ^b   Thomas, J V ^c   Singhvi, A K ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b RMSI Pvt Ltd   (India)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^d PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC SETTING;

DEHRADUN VALLEY; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 0035669306     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0950-091X.2001.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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