Faciès, petrology and depositional environment of the tertiary sedimentary rocks, around Port Blair, South Andaman

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-66

  Bandopadhyay, P C ^a   Ghosh, M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman; Facies; Petrology; Port blair; Sedimentary rocks

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TERTIARY;

ANDAMAN SEA;

EID: 0032461109     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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