Valley and interfluve sediments in the Southern Ganga plains, India: Exploring facies and magnetic signatures

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 386-411

  Sinha, R ^a   Bhattacharjee, P S ^a   Sangode, S J ^b   Gibling, M R ^c   Tandon, S K ^d   Jain, M ^e   Godfrey Smith, D ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alluvial stratigraphy; Floodplains; Ganga River; Incised valleys; Interfluve; Magnetic mineralogy; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORE ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE BASIN; FACIES ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; QUATERNARY; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES RIVER; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34848906863     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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