Balanced structural models of Mohand and Santaurgarh ramp anticlines, Himalayan foreland fold-thrust belt, Dehra Dun re-entrant, Uttaranchal

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 649-661

  Mishra, Premanand ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Dilip K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Balanced structural models; Dehra Dun; Mohand anticline; Northwestern Himalayas; Santaurgarh anticline; Uttaranchal

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0036997576     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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