Sedimentation history of the Palaeoproterozoic Dhanjori Formation, Singhbhum, eastern India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 267-287

  Mazumder, Rajat ^a,c   Sarkar, Subir ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ASUTOSH COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Continental rift; Fluvial; Palaeoproterozoic; Singhbhum; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL PROCESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CLIMATE; GRANITE; HISTORY; INDIA; REVIEW; ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIEVE TUBE; TILTING; VOLCANO;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; SINGHBHUM; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1542360774     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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