Record of rhodoliths from Aramda Reef Member (Late Pleistocene to Holocene) of Chaya Formation, Dwarka-Okha area, Gujarat and their paleoenvironmental significance

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1684-1689

  Kundal, P ^a   Dharashivkar, A P ^b  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government Institute of Science   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMPHIROA; CNIDOSCOLUS CHAYAMANSA; LITHOPHYLLUM; LITHOPORELLA; LITHOTHAMNION; POROLITHON; SPOROLITHON;

EID: 27744538750     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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