Ichnology of a Late Paleozoic (Permo-Carboniferous) glaciomarine deltaic environment, Talchir Formation, Saharjuri Basin, India

Ichnos

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-45

  Chakraborty, Abhijit ^a   Bhattacharya, H N ^b  

^a Jogamaya Devi College   (India)

^b PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Depositional environment; Glaciomarine; Ichnology; Paleoecology; Permo Carboniferous; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

DELTA; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOZOIC;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SAHARJURI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ANNELIDA; CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 17444396379     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940590914480     Document Type: Article

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