Provenance, tectonics and palaeoclimate of Proterozoic Chandarpur sandstones, Chattisgarh basin: A petrographic view

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-245

  Datta, Basudeb ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Chandarpur Group; Chattisgarh; Palaeoclimate; Provenance; Sandstones; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; ALLUVIAL FAN; FELDSPAR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SILT; TECTONICS; TEXTURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD; CHHATTISGARH;

EID: 22144443172     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702947     Document Type: Article

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