Palynoflora from subsurface Lower Cretaceous Intertrappean beds in Domra Sub-basin of the Raniganj Gondwana Basin, West Bengal, India

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-50

  Vijaya, ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; India; Palynology; Rajmahal Volcanic Formation, Domra Sub basin

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; PALYNOLOGY;

INDIA, WEST BENGAL, RANIGANJ GONDWANA BASIN, DOMRA SUB-BASIN;

EID: 0030792413     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0048     Document Type: Article

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