Microtextures on detrital quartz grains of upper Maastrichtian-Danian rocks of the Cauvery Basin, Southeastern India: Implications for provenance and depositional environments

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-34

  Madhavaraju, J ^a   Lee, Yong Il ^b   Armstrong Altrin, J S ^c   Hussain, S M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cauvery Basin; Depositional environments; India; Late Maastrichtian Danian; Microtextures; Provenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646783319     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910330     Document Type: Article

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