Petrography and surface textures on quartz grains of Nimar Sandstone, Bagh Beds, Madhya Pradesh - Implications for provenance and depositional environment

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 747-762

  Madhavaraju, J ^a   Ramasamy, S ^a   Mohan, S P ^a   Hussain, S M ^a   Asir, N Gladwin Gnana ^a   Pitchaimani, V Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Bagh Beds; Depositional environment; Fluid inclusions; Madhya Pradesh; Nimar Sandstone; Petrography; Provenance; Quartz grains; Surface textures

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; TEXTURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 15044353080     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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