Facies associations and depositional environment of the Proterozoic carbonate-hosted microbanded manganese oxide ore deposit, Penganga Group, Godavari rift basin, India

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 197-208

  Bandopadhyay, P C ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MANGANESE; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT BASIN;

INDIA, GODAVARI BASIN;

EID: 0029772217     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42682F7-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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