Late quaternary-holocene fold and landform generated by morphogenic earthquakes in chandigarh anticlinal ridge in Panjab sub Himalaya

Himalayan Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-113

  Thakur, V C ^a   Jayangondaperumal, R ^a   Suresh, N ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 69549113426     PISSN: 09718966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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