Sedimentological evidence for cretaceous reactivation of the eastern margin of the Cuddapah Basin

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-168

  Lakshminarayana, G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Cuddapah Basin; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CRETACEOUS; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; REACTIVATION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; TECTONICS;

INDIA, ANDHRA PRADESH, CUDDAPAH BASIN;

EID: 0030776829     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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