Sequence stratigraphy of lower Niniyur Formation of Cauvery Basin, Tamil Nadu

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 685-694

  Madhavaraju, J ^a   Hussain, S M ^b   Guruvappan, M ^b   Ramasamy, S ^b   Mohan, S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cauvery Basin; Depositional environments; Niniyur Formation; Parasequences; Petrography; Sequence stratigraphy; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CLASTIC ROCK; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PETROGRAPHY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT; TRANSGRESSION;

ASIA; CAUVERY BASIN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ALGAE; BRYOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; SPOROLITHON;

EID: 33646814182     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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