Two fossil woods from the Siwalik subgroup of northwestern Himalaya

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 609-616

  Guleria, J S ^a   Srivastava, Rashmi ^a   Nanda, A C ^b   Sehgal, R K ^b  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

(Upper Miocene); Fossil woods; Haryana; Lower Siwalik (Middle Miocene); Middle Siwalik; Palaeoclimate; Phytogeography; Uttaranchal; Xylotomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; WOOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA;

DIPTEROCARPUS; TERMINALIA;

EID: 30444451137     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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