Significance of peat on the western continental shelf of India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-152

  Mascarenhas, Antonio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Economic Geology; India; Peat; Western Continental Shelf

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; HOLOCENE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PEAT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES;

INDIAN OCEAN, WESTERN INDIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF;

EID: 0030757049     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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