Micromammals from the Upper Siwalik subgroup of the Jammu region, Jammu and Kashmir State, India: Some constraints on age

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-187

  Gupta, Sudagar S ^a   Prasad, Guntupalli V R ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; INSECTIVORE; PALEONTOLOGY; RODENT;

CHANDIGARH; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR;

EID: 0042908912     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/220/2001/153     Document Type: Article

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