Evidence of lacustrine sedimentation in the Upper Permian Bijori Formation, Satpura Gondwana basin: Palaeogeographic and tectonic implications

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-323

  Chakraborty, Tapan ^a   Sarkar, Soumen ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Combined flow bedforms; Facies analysis; Hydromorphic soil; Lower Gondwana; Satpura basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PERMIAN; DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RIPPLE; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD; MADHYA PRADESH; SATPURA BASIN;

ARIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 22144496111     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702952     Document Type: Article

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