Pyrolytic and spectroscopic studies of eocene resin from vastan lignite mine, Cambay Basin, Western India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-22

  Mallick, Monalisa ^a   Dljtta, Suryendu ^a   Greenwood, Paul F ^b,c   Bertram, Norbert ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LTA Labor fur Toxikologie und Analytik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cambay basin; Fossil resin. Eocene; Polycadalene; Western India

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; LIGNITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; RESIN; SPECTROSCOPY;

ASIA; CAMBAY BASIN; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 67651125021     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-009-0098-5     Document Type: Article

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