Late Cenozoic fluvial successions in northern and western India: an overview and synthesis

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 22-24, 2007, Pages 2801-2822

  Sinha, R ^a   Kumar, R ^b   Sinha, S ^b   Tandon, S K ^c   Gibling, M R ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; INTERCALATION; SEDIMENTATION;

CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; FLUVIAL DYNAMICS; FORELAND BASIN;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOMAGNETISM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 36548999774     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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