Morpho-sedimentary records at the Brahmaputra River exit, NE Himalaya: Climate-tectonic interplay during the Late Pleistocene-Holocene

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-188

  Srivastava, Pradeep ^a   Bhakuni, Surendra S ^a   Luirei, Khayingshing ^a   Misra, Dileep K ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Brahmaputra River exit; NC Himalaya; OSL chronology; Terraces

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DEBRIS FLOW; FAULT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ASIA; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 66049114465     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1190     Document Type: Article

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