Primordial storms: An overview of depositional environments in Mid-Late Proterozoic platforms of India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 291-298

  Gupta, Abir ^a  

^a Geochronology and Isotope Geology Division   (India)

Author keywords

Platforms; Proterozoic; Purana Basins; Storm sequence

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; LITHOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

INDIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0346638290     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70840-6     Document Type: Article

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