Some observations on laterites developed on Deccan Trap: Implications for post-Deccan Trap denudational history

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-525

  Mishra, Sheila ^a   Deo, Sushama ^a   Rajaguru, Sharad Narhar ^a  

^a Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

Author keywords

Karha; Laterite; Lonavala; Matheran; Palaeosurfaces; Sahyadri

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECCAN TRAPS; DENUDATION; LATERITE; PALEOSURFACE;

EID: 36749030822     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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