Using MASW to map depth to bedrock underneath Dehradun fan deposits in NW Himalaya

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-238

  Mahajan, A K ^a   Rai, Nitesh ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bedrock; Fan deposits; Multichannel analysis; Shear wave velocity; Surface waves.

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851477662     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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