Pleistocene rapid uplift of the Himalayan frontal ranges recorded in the Kathmandu and Siwalik basins

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-27

  Sakai, Harutaka ^a   Sakai, Hideo ^b   Yahagi, Wataru ^b   Fujii, Rie ^a   Hayashi, Tatsuya ^a   Upreti, Bishal Nath ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Kathmandu; Lesser Himalaya; Pleistocene; Siwalik; Uplift

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONGLOMERATE; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; INDIAN PLATE; LAKE WATER; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PIGGYBACK BASIN; PLEISTOCENE; UPLIFT;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; INDIA; KATHMANDU; NEPAL; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 33749538568     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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