Himalaya, the northern frontier of east Gondwanaland

Gondwana Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-9

  Valdiya, K S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Drainage reversal; Emergence of Himalaya; Neotethys; Pan African diastrophism; Rift related volcanism

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; EOCENE; FAULT ZONE; GONDWANA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMICITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0346189685     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70002-2     Document Type: Article

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