Foraminiferal study from Kharo creek, Kachchh (Gujarat), north west coast of India

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-138

  Nigam, R ^a   Chaturvedi, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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