Sedimentation and basin-fill history of the Neogene clastic succession exposed in the southeastern fold belt of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: A high-resolution sequence stratigraphic approach

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 227-270

  Gani, M Royhan ^a   Alam, M Mustafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bengal Basin; Bounding discontinuity; Facies analysis; Lithofacies; Neogene; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOLD BELT; LITHOFACIES; NEOGENE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING;

BANGLADESH; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; TERTIARY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0037289699     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00182-3     Document Type: Article

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