Late pleistocene coral-algal sediments of Chaya Formation of Mithapur area, Jamnagar, Gujarat

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-201

  Pandey, D K ^a   Mathur, U B ^b   Singh, Rakesh ^a   Bahadur, Tej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b A 25   (India)

Author keywords

Chaya Formation; Coral algal sediments; Gujarat; Mithapur; Palaeo environment

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CORAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

INDIA;

EID: 0042805079     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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