A genetic re-interpretation of the shore parallel sand ridges on the Balasore-Contai floodplain, W. Bengal and Orissa

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 687-692

  Banerjee, P K ^a   Goswami, S ^a   Chatterjee, S ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Oceanography; Orissa; Quaternary; W. Bengal

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; QUATERNARY; SAND RIDGE;

INDIA, ORISSA, BALASORE-CONTAI FLOODPLAIN; INDIA, WEST BENGAL, BALASORE-CONTAI FLOODPLAIN;

EID: 0030827526     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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