Depositional environment of Cuddalore Sandstone Formation, Tamil Nadu

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 803-812

  Selvaraj, K ^a   Ramasamy, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cuddalore sandstone; Depositional environment; India; Mio Pliocene; Miocene; Neyveli; Sedimentology; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; SANDSTONE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032465228     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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