Deformation pattern in the Kurnool and Nallamalai groups in the northeastern part (Palnad area) of the Cuddapah basin, South India and its implication on Rodinia/Gondwana tectonics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 573-583

  Saha, Dilip ^a   Chakraborty, Sukanya ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cuddapah basin; Intracratonic fold and thrust belt; Nellore Schist Belt; Neoproterozoic; South India

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUCCESSION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; CUDDAPAH BASIN; INDIA; KURNOOL; PALNAD BASIN;

EID: 0242381224     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71008-X     Document Type: Article

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