Tectonic framework and evolutionary history of the Bengal Basin in the Indian subcontinent

Current Science

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 271-279

  Roy, A B ^a   Chatterjee, Alokesh ^b  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Hoogli Moshin College   (India)

Author keywords

Basin evolution tectonics; Depositional pattern; Extensional rift basin; Palaeogeographic setting; Sediment supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938598552     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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