Sedimentary facies of Gulcheru Quartzite in the southwestern part of the Cuddapah Basin and their implication in deciphering the depositional environment

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 347-358

  Basu, Himadri ^a   Gangadharan, G R ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Sharma, U P ^a   Rai, Ajai Kumar ^a   Chaki, Anjan ^a  

^a ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Barrier spit; Cuddapah Basin; Depositional environment; Facies analysis; Fluvio aeolian; Gulcheru Quartzite

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOFACIES; LITHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZITE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURE; TRANSGRESSION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; CUDDAPAH BASIN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34247529135     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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