Miocene sedimentation and subsidence during continent-continent collision, Bengal basin, Bangladesh

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 131-146

  Uddin, Ashraf ^a   Lundberg, Neil ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bengal basin; Himalayas; Isopach maps; Surma Group

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FORELAND BASIN; MIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSIDENCE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BENGAL; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0842283506     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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