Deformation of the Proterozoic Somanpalli Group, Pranhita-Godavari valley, South India - implication for a Mesoproterozoic basin inversion

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 579-594

  Ghosh, Gautam ^a   Saha, Dilip ^b  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Basin inversion; Fold and thrust belt; India; Mesoproterozoic; Somanpalli Group

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; INVERSION TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC;

INDIA;

EID: 0038669167     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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