Sedimentary facies and soft-sediment deformation structures in the late miocene-pliocene Middle Siwalik subgroup, eastern Himalaya, Darjiling District, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-336

  Kundu, Abhik ^a,b,c,d   Matin, Abdul ^a,b,c,d   Mukul, Malay ^a,b,c,d   Eriksson, Patrick G ^a,b,c,d  

^a ASUTOSH COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Foreland basin; Neogene; Seismite; Siwalik; Siwalik Sedimentary facies; Soft sediment deformation

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEPOSITION; FACIES; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; MIOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLIOCENE; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMITE; STRATIFICATION;

DARJEELING; INDIA; SIWALIK HILLS; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 80855139936     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-011-0098-0     Document Type: Article

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