Sedimentological study of major paleonto-archaeological localities of the Late Pliocene Quranwala zone, Siwalik Frontal Range, northwestern India

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 393-406

  Abdessadok, Salah ^a   Sao, Cécile Chapon ^a   Tudryn, Alina ^b   Dambricourt Malassé, Anne ^a   Singh, Mukesh ^c   Gargani, Julien ^b   Karir, Baldev ^c   Gaillard, Claire ^a   Moigne, Anne Marie ^a   Bhardwaj, Vipnesh ^c   Pal, Surinder ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c Society for Archaeological and Anthropological Research   (India)

Author keywords

Fluvial deposits; Himalayan metamorphism; Late pliocene; Masol formation; Siwalik frontal range; Sub himalayan floodplain

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; METAMORPHISM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

CHANDIGARH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SIWALIK HILLS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84959877367     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.09.020     Document Type: Article

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