Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Early Cretaceous Hundiri Formation, lower Shyok area, eastern Karakoram, India

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1096-1101

  Juyal, K P ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aptian Albian; Biostratigraphy; Eastern Karakoram; Orbitolinids

Indexed keywords

ORBITOLINA; ORBITOLINIDAE;

EID: 33751008086     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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