Stratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Godavari Supergroup in the south-central Pranhita-Godavari Valley, south India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 595-611

  Chaudhuri, Asru K ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Godavari Supergroup; Lithostratigraphy; Palaeogeography; Proterozoic rifting; Sequences; Unconformities

Indexed keywords

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; UNCONFORMITY;

INDIA;

EID: 0038669160     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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