Response of larger foraminifera to mixed carbonate-siliciclastic environments: An example from the oligocene-miocene sequence of Kutch, India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 53-65

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Saraswati, Pratul Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Foraminifera; India; Palaeoecology; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; FORAMINIFERA; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE;

INDIA, GUJARAT, KUTCH;

ARCHAIAS; FORAMINIFERA; HETEROSTEGINA; LEPIDOCYCLINA; MIOGYPSINA; SORITES;

EID: 0031434851     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00086-2     Document Type: Article

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