Stratigraphic distribution and depositional environment of the Chaya Formation along the northwestern coast of Saurashtra Peninsula, Western India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1215-1230

  Pandey, D K ^a   Bahadur, Tej ^a   Mathur, U B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Biota; Chaya formation; Coastal Saurashtra; Depositional environment; Gujara; Lithostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SAURASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

CNIDOSCOLUS CHAYAMANSA;

EID: 34548071378     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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