Geniculate coralline algae from the neogene-quaternary sediments in and around porbandar, Southwest coast of India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-274

  Kundal, P ^a   Mude, Shyam N ^b  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b FERGUSSON COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Geniculate coralline algae; Gujarat; Neogene Quaternary sediments; Porbandar; Saurashtra

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CORALLINE ALGA; HOLOCENE; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; PORBANDAR; SOUTH ASIA;

ALGAE; ARTHROCARDIA; CALLIARTHRON; CNIDOSCOLUS CHAYAMANSA; CORALLINA; JANIA; VETUS;

EID: 69249140358     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-009-0127-4     Document Type: Article

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