Bioclastic shore deposits: Indicators of late quaternary high sea in Saurashtra, Western India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 537-542

  Bhatt, Nilesh ^a   Patel, M P ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Bioclastic sediments; Quaternary; Saurashtra; Sea level; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY; RAISED BEACH; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0032411001     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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