Ammonites as biological stopwatch and biogeographical black box - A case study from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary (150 Ma) of Kutch, Gujarat

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 197-202

  Shome, Sabyasachi ^a   De, Soma ^b   Roy, Pinaki ^b   Das, Shiladri S ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 4444248791     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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