Late Quaternary glaciation and seismicity in the Higher Central Himalaya: Evidence from Shalang basin (Goriganga), Uttaranchal

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1500-1505

  Pant, R K ^a,c   Juyal, N ^a   Basavaiah, N ^b   Singhvi, A K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^c Sarjan Tower ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Equilibrium line altitude; Late Quaternary glaciation; Luminescence dating; Relict lake

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745556225     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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