Megaremains from the Siwalik sediments of West and East Kameng districts, Arunachal Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1256-1266

  Joshi, Ashutosh ^a   Mehrotra, R C ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Arunachal Pradesh; Leaf impressions; Mio Pliocene; Palaeoecology; Siwalik; West and East Kameng districts

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLIOCENE;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548033001     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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