Precambrian clastic epeiric embayments: Examples from South Africa and India

Special Paper - Geological Association of Canada

Volumn , Issue 48, 2008, Pages 119-136

  Eriksson, Patrick G ^a   Bose, Pradip K ^b   Catuneanu, Octavian ^c   Sarkar, Subir ^b   Banerjee, Santanu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INLAND SEA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 59649086052     PISSN: 00721042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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