A multistorey sandstone complex in the Himalayan Foreland Basin, NW Himalaya, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-426

  Kumar, Rohtash ^a   Sangode, Satish J ^a   Ghosh, Sumit K ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Himalayan Foreland Basin; Multistorey sandstone complex; Palaeodrainage

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FORELAND BASIN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOCHANNEL; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2442710455     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(03)00176-7     Document Type: Article

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