Sedimentation model for the quaternary intramontane Bhimtal-Naukuchiatal Lake deposits, Nainital, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 837-848

  Shukla, U K ^a   Bora, D S ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Facies architecture; Interamontane; Lake; Palaeoclimate; Sedimentation model; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

INTRAMONTANE BASIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; NAINITAL; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL; WORLD;

EID: 27744478032     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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