Combined tide and wave influence on sedimentation of Lower Gondwana coal measures of central India: Barakar Formation (Permian), Satpura basin

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-131

  Ghosh, Sanjoy Kumar ^a   Chakraborty, Chandan ^a   Chakraborty, Tapan ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Coal; Deltaic sedimentation; Gondwana; Hummocky cross stratification; Intertidal sedimentation

Indexed keywords

COAL; CROSS-BEDDING; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; GONDWANA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SATPURA BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0742305289     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-077     Document Type: Article

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