Facies development and depositional environment of the Mungra Sandstone, Kolhan Group, eastern India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 753-757

  Chakraborty, Partha Pratim ^a   Paul, Soumen ^a   Das, Amlan ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

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Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE;

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

EID: 25844486483     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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