Carbonate platform growth and cyclicity at a terminal Proterozoic passive margin, Infra Krol Formation and Krol Group, Lesser Himalaya, India

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 921-952

  Jiang, Ganqing ^a   Christie Blick, Nicholas ^b   Kaufman, Alan J ^c   Banerjee, Dhiraj M ^d   Rai, Vibhuti ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Cycles; Facies; Infra Krol Formation; Krol Group; Lesser Himalaya; Platform evolution; Terminal Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CYCLICITY; FACIES; PASSIVE MARGIN; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; LESSER HIMALAYA;

EID: 0142137622     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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