The Mio-Pliocene Middle Siwalik Subgroup,in the Lish River Section in the Darjiling District of the Eastern Himalaya,consists of sandstone,mudrocks,heterolithic units and conglomerates preserving six distinct associat...The Mio-Pliocene Middle Siwalik Subgroup,in the Lish River Section in the Darjiling District of the Eastern Himalaya,consists of sandstone,mudrocks,heterolithic units and conglomerates preserving six distinct associations of soft-sediment deformation structures at different stratigraphic levels.The foreland basin sediments of the Himalayan orogen were deposited in alluvial fan settings.Deformation structures present are:folds of variable geometry,pseudonodules,water escape features,flame structures and chaotic laminae.展开更多
基金Abhik Kundu acknowledges the University Grants Commission,India,for the research grant PSW-035/10-11(ERO)Institutional support provided by Dr.Dipak Kar,Principal,Asutosh College is thankfully acknowledged.Patrick Eriksson thanks the University of Pretoria and the National Research Foundation,South Africa for research fundingAbdul Matin acknowledges the DST,Govt.of India research funding(Project No.SR/S4/ES:276/2007).
文摘The Mio-Pliocene Middle Siwalik Subgroup,in the Lish River Section in the Darjiling District of the Eastern Himalaya,consists of sandstone,mudrocks,heterolithic units and conglomerates preserving six distinct associations of soft-sediment deformation structures at different stratigraphic levels.The foreland basin sediments of the Himalayan orogen were deposited in alluvial fan settings.Deformation structures present are:folds of variable geometry,pseudonodules,water escape features,flame structures and chaotic laminae.