Depositional environment and basin development during early palaeogene lignite deposition, western Kutch, Gujarat

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 579-592

  Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay Kr ^a   Shome, S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Gujarat; Kutch; Lignite Sedimentation; Palaeogene

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LIGNITE; PALAEOGENE;

INDIA, GUJARAT, KUTCH;

EID: 0030473345     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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