Some contributions to the Lower Gondwana stratigraphy of the Pranhita-Godavari Valley, Deccan, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 633-640

  Ray, Sanghamitra ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Formation; Gondwana; Infra Kamthi; Kundaram; Pranhita Godavari valley; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MUDSTONE; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE; SHALE;

INDIA, DECCAN, PRANHITA-GODAVARI VALLEY;

EID: 0031433554     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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