Storm event beds in a Paleoproterozoic Rift Basin, Aravalli Supergroup, Rajasthan, India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-239

  Bhattacharya, H N ^a   Bhattacharya, Biplab ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aravalli Supergroup; Paleoproterozoic; Retrogradational; Rift basin; Storm event beds

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LEAD; MUDSTONE; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STORM; ZINC;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 15944364466     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71121-7     Document Type: Article

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