Depositional chronology and fabric of Siwalik group sediments in Central Nepal from magnetostratigraphy and magnetic anisotropy

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 659-682

  Gautam, Pitambar ^a   Rösler, Wolfgang ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; PETROFABRIC; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

NEPAL;

EID: 0342979842     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(99)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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