Palaeoproterozoic seismites (fine-grained facies of the Chaibasa formation, east India) and their soft-sediment deformation structures

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 323, Issue , 2009, Pages 301-318

  Mazumder, R ^a   Rodriguez Lopez J P ^b   Arima, M ^c   van Loon, A J ^d  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FACIES ANALYSIS; MUDSTONE; OCEAN BASIN; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMITE; SHALE; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIA;

EID: 74949125315     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP323.15     Document Type: Article

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