Geochemistry of Neogene Siwalik mudstones along Punjab re-entrant, India: Implications for source-area weathering, provenance and tectonic setting

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1103-1113

  Sinha, Subhajit ^a   Islam, R ^a   Ghosh, Sumit K ^a   Kumar, Rohtash ^a   Sangode, S J ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical Index of Alteration; Mudstones; Punjab re entrant; Siwalik Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248331306     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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