Analysis of sedimentary facies and depositional environments of the Permian Gondwana sequence in borehole GDH-45, Khalaspir Basin, Bangladesh

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-236

  Zakir Hossain, H M ^a   Sultan Ul Islam, M ^a   Ahmed, Syed Samsuddin ^a   Hossain, Ismail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Depositional environments; Gondwana; Khalaspir; Lithofacies

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249083684     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02912693     Document Type: Article

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