Late Quaternary-Holocene evolution of Dun structure and the Himalayan Frontal Fault zone of the Garhwal Sub-Himalaya, NW India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 305-319

  Thakur, V C ^a   Pandey, A K ^b   Suresh, N ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dun gravels; Dun structure; Garhwal Sub Himalaya; Geomorphic expression; Neotectonics; Piedmont Zone

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; PIEDMONT; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 33847046080     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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