Biostratigraphic studies and correlation of the Middle Cambrian successions of northwestern Kashmir Himalaya

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-196

  Parcha, S K ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agnostid; Biostratigraphy; Middle Cambrian; NW Kashmir Himalaya; Polymerid trilobites; Tethyan successions

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17644365448     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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