Soft-sediment deformation as possible clue for sedimentation rate: A case study from Oligocene Andaman Flysch Group, Andaman Islands, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Chakraborty, Partha Pratim ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Basab ^b  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman Flysch Group; Andaman Islands; Oligocene; Palaeoseismology; Rate of sedimentation; Soft sediment deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLYSCH; OLIGOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBMARINE FAN;

INDIA;

EID: 0037743661     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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