Isotopic evidence of a rapid cooling and continuous sedimentation across the Eocene-Oligocene Boundary of Wagapadhar and Waior, Kutch

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-248

  Sarangi, S ^a   Sarkar, A ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^b   Ray, A K ^c  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Eocene Oligocene boundary; Gujarat; Isotope; Kutch

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0031846720     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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