Significant dinoflagellate cyst biohorizons in the Upper Cretaceous-Palaeocene succession of the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 737-747

  Garg, Rahul ^a   Khowaja Ateequzzaman, ^a   Prasad, Vandana ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Biohorizons; Biostratigraphy; Dinoflagellate cysts; Khasi Hills; Meghalaya; Upper Cretaceous Palaeocene

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOCENE; THANETIAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KHASI HILLS; MEGHALAYA; SOUTH ASIA;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33746999581     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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