Palaeocurrents and depositional setting in the Banganapalle Formation, Kurnool Sub-basin, Cuddapah Basin, Andhra Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-259

  Lakshminarayana, G ^a   Bhattacharjee, S ^a   Kumar, Ajit ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Banganapalle Formation; Cuddapah Basin; Diamond; Kurnool Sub basin; Palaeocurrents; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0032968404     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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