Teredolites from the Garudamangalam Sandstone Formation (late Turonian-Coniacian), Cauvery Basin, Southeast India

Ichnos

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 75-98

  Tewari, Archana ^a   Hart, Malcolm B ^a   Watkinson, Matthew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cauvery Basin; Cretaceous; India; Log grounds; Sequence stratigraphy; Teredolites

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CONIACIAN; TEREDOLITES; TEREDOLITES CLAVATUS;

CRETACEOUS; ICHNOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE FOSSIL;

INDIA;

EID: 0032324445     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420949809386440     Document Type: Article

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