Cretaceous tectonostratigraphy and the development of the Cauvery Basin, southeast India

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-191

  Watkinson, Matthew P ^a   Hart, Malcolm B ^a   Joshi, Archana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cauvery Basin; Cretaceous stratigraphy; Foraminifera; Sequence stratigraphy; Southeast India

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LIMESTONE; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; GONDWANA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; RIFTING; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAUVERY BASIN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CONIACIAN; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 34249808238     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079307-747     Document Type: Article

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