Discovery of nannofossils in a plant bed of the Bhuj Member, Kutch and its significance

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-526

  Rai, Jyotsana ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Bhuj Member; Kutch basin; Mesozoic rocks; Nannofossils

Indexed keywords

AMMONOIDEA; FORAMINIFERA; TRANOLITHUS;

EID: 33748655673     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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