Early orogenic history of the Eastern Himalayas: Compositional studies of Paleogene Sandstones from Assam, Northeast India

International Geology Review

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 798-810

  Uddin, Ashraf ^a   Kumar, Pranav ^a   Sarma, J N ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; ASSAM; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34848823694     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.49.9.798     Document Type: Article

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