Shallow marine siliciclastic sedimentation in the Middle Proterozoic Gandikota Formation, Cuddapah Basin, Andhra Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-76

  Lakshminarayana, G ^a   Bhattacharjee, S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Cuddapah Basin; Gandikota Formation; Middle Proterozoic; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

QUARTZITE; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

INDIA;

EID: 0034035933     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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