Calcareous nannofossils across the K/T boundary and the age of the Deccan trap volcanism in Southern India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-192

  Salis, Katharina V ^a   Saxena, R K ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ONGC   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Deccan Volcanism; Krishna Godavari Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; VOLCANISM;

INDIA;

EID: 0031820199     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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