Microtextures on quartz grains of Campanian-Maastrichtian sediments of Ariyalur Group of Tiruchirapalli Cretaceous, Tamil Nadu - implication on depositional environments

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 647-658

  Madhavaraju, J ^a   Ramasamy, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Ariyalur Group; Depositional environments; Microtextures; Quartz grains; Sedimentology; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; QUARTZ; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0033504818     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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