Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of Plio-Pleistocene Pinjor Formation (type locality), Siwalik Group, NW Himalaya, India

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1453-1561

  Kumaravel, V ^a   Sangode, S J ^a   Kumar, Rohtash ^a   Siva Siddaiah, N ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

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