Climatic and tectonic controls on the sedimentary processes of an alluvial fan of the western Ganga Plain, India

Geological Magazine

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 240-253

  Goswami, Pradeep K ^a   Mishra, Jay K ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

alluvial fan; facies analysis; Ganga Foreland Basin; geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL FANS; EVOLUTIONARY CYCLES; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORELAND BASIN; OVERBANK DEPOSITION; REGIONAL GRADIENTS; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; FORELAND BASIN; GRAVEL; GRAVITY FLOW; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 84873349988     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756812000490     Document Type: Article

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