Outcrop signatures of relative sea level fall on a siliciclastic shelf: Examples from the Rewa Group of Proterozoic Vindhyan basin

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-36

  Chakraborty, Partha Pratim ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Neoproterozoic; Paleoenvironment; Regression; Rewa group; Sea level

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; OUTCROP; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; REWA; SON VALLEY; SOUTH ASIA; VINDHYAN BASIN;

EID: 33746312600     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703023     Document Type: Article

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