Lithology, palynology and organic geochemistry of carbonaceous rocks in fluvial-lacustrine series of Tertiary to Quaternary age (Kathmandu Basin, Nepal)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-38

  Dill, Harald G ^a   Koch, Joachim ^a   Scheeder, Georg ^a   Wehner, Hermann ^a   Strahl, Jaqueline ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b Landesamt F Geowissenschaften R   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TERTIARY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 1842430470     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/227/2003/1     Document Type: Article

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