Imprints of Himalayan thrust tectonics on the Quaternary piedmont sediments of the Neora-Jaldhaka Valley, Darjeeling-Sikkim Sub-Himalayas, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 464-473

  Guha, Dipayan ^a   Bardhan, Sandeep ^a   Basir, Shaikh Rezaul ^a   De, Adhip Kanti ^a   Sarkar, Amitabha ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Darjeeling Sikkim Sub Himalayas; Main frontal thrust (MFT); Quaternary active tectonics; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISCONTINUITY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GROWTH FAULT; PIEDMONT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER TERRACE; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; DARJEELING; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 34247532050     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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