Genesis and environmental significance of Upper Cretaceous shell concentrations from the Cauvery Basin, southern India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 119-139

  Fursich F T ^a   Pandey, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Shell concentrations; South India; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

EID: 18844463951     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00099-6     Document Type: Article

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