Ostracode fauna of the Niniyur formation (Palaeocene), Cauvery Basin, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 561-578

  Mallikarjuna, U B ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Micropalaeontology; Niniyur Formation; Ostracode; Palaeocene; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; OSTRACOD; PALAEOCENE;

INDIA, TAMIL NADU, CAUVERY BASIN;

EID: 0030476775     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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