Stratigraphy of the Chanda Limestone of the Proterozoic Penganga Group, Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh: New light on depositional setting and palaeogeography

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-368

  Mukhopadhyay, Joydip ^a   Chaudhuri, Asru K ^b  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adilabad; Andhra Pradesh; Lithographic limestone; Palaeogeography; Penganga Group; Proterozoic; Stratigraphic classification; Thrust

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LIMESTONE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

INDIA;

EID: 0345149385     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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