Carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions of infratrappean limestones from central and western India and their depositional environment

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-296

  Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Jani, R A ^a   Tripathi, S C ^b   Lahiri, T C ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Bagh beds; Carbon; Cretaceous; Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh; Lameta Formation; Oxygen Isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; OXYGEN;

INDIA;

EID: 0031429340     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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