Characterization and evolution of Latentes in West Bengal: Implication on the geology of Northwest Bengal Basin

Transactions of the Institute of Indian Geographers

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-120

  Ghosh, Sandipan ^a   Guchhait, Sanat Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Bengal basin; Laterite; Monsoon; Palaeogeography; Rarh bengal; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CRETACEOUS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LATERITE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL HORIZON; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UPLIFT;

BENGAL; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84957584635     PISSN: 09709851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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