The Purana Basins of Southern Cratonic Province of India - A Case for Mesoproterozoic Fossil Rifts

Gondwana Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-33

  Chaudhuri, Asru K ^a   Saha, Dilip ^a   Deb, Gautam K ^a   Deb, Sarbani Patranabis ^a   Mukherjee, Mrinal Kanti ^a   Ghosh, Gautam ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fossil rift; Mesoproterozoic; Purana basins; South indian craton

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRATON; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; RIFTING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER;

ANDHRA PRADESH; CUDDAPAH BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 0012577208     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70884-4     Document Type: Article

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