Depositional environment and provenance of Middle Siwalik sediments in Tista valley, Darjiling District Eastern Himalaya, India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-89

  Kundu, Abhik ^a   Matin, Abdul ^b   Mukul, Malay ^c  

^a ASUTOSH COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Eastern Himalaya; Facies; Foreland basin; Middle Siwalik

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORELAND BASIN; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE;

DARJEELING; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84859612409     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-012-0154-1     Document Type: Article

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