Late cretaceous-tertiary sediments and associated faults in southern Meghalaya plateau of India vis-vis south Tibet: Their interrelationships and regional implications

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-338

  Nag, S ^a   Gaur, R K ^a   Pal, T ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dauki fault; Faunal assemblage; Lithofacies; Meghalaya plateau; Place tectonics; Sedimentology; Structure; Tertiary; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FACIES; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TERTIARY;

INDIA;

EID: 0034895689     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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