Facies associations and sedimentary petrological characteristics of Lameta sequences of the Dongargaon area, central India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-50

  Singh, Vimal ^a   Tandon, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Central India; Facies associations; Lameta Formation; Maastrichtian; Sedimentary petrology

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; MAASTRICHTIAN; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY;

ASIA; DECCAN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2342435802     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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