Shallow sub-surface stratigraphy of the Ganga basin, Himalayan foreland: Present status and future perspectives

Quaternary International

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-86

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FORELAND BASIN; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY; RIVER CHANNEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

GANGES BASIN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 77957927613     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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