Co-existing compressional and extensional regimes along the Himalayan front vis-à-vis active faults near Singhauli, Haryana, India

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1267-1271

  Philip, G ^a   Virdi, N S ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Himalayan Frontal Thrust; Morpho structural analysis; Singhauli active fault; Siwalik Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744472826     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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