Evolution of quaternary alluvial fans and terraces in the intramontane Pinjaur Dun, Sub-Himalaya, NW India: Interaction between tectonics and climate change

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 809-833

  Suresh, Narayanapanicker ^a   Bagati, Triloki N ^a   Kumar, Rohtash ^a   Thakur, Vikram C ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Pinjaur Dun; Quaternary alluvial fans; Sub Himalaya; Tectonics and climate; Terraces

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; EROSION; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PROGRADATION; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 34547487985     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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