Permian Gondwana sedimentation in Yellandu (Singareni) coalfield, Andhra Pradesh, India with notes on regional Paleogeography and Tectonic History

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 569-578

  Tewari, R C ^a  

^a DS College   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Paleogeography; Sedimentology; Singareni coalfield; Tectonic history

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAM; GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0032430030     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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