A balanced cross section across the Himalayan frontal fold-thrust belt, Subathu area, Himachal Pradesh, India: Thrust sequence, structural evolution and shortening

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 735-746

  Mukhopadhyay, Dilip K ^a   Mishra, Premanand ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b HOEC   (India)

Author keywords

Balanced cross section; Fold thrust belt; Himalayas

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 23344437191     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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