Early Permian Palaeoenvironment in Damodar Valley Coalfields, India: An Overview

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-165

  Gupta, Abir ^a  

^a Kailash Apartment   (India)

Author keywords

Barakar; Damodar Valley Basin; Lower Gondwana; Marine incursion; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; COAL SEAM; COAL SUPPLY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK;

DAMODAR VALLEY; INDIA;

EID: 0242266202     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70140-4     Document Type: Article

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