Evolution of the Himalayan foreland basin, NW India

Basin Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-24

  Najman, Yani ^a   Johnson, Kit ^b   White, Nicola ^c   Oliver, Grahame ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXHUMATION; FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 1642487257     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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