Lithofacies, depositional environments, and regional stratigraphy of the lower Eocene Ghazij Formation, Balochistan, Pakistan

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1599, 1999, Pages 1-76

  Johnson, Edward A ^a   Warwick, Peter D ^a   Roberts, Stephen B ^a   Khan, Intizar H ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; LITHOFACIES; STRATIGRAPHY;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0033402125     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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