Strontium isotope evidence for the age of Eocene fossil whales of Kutch, western India

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 473-477

  Ravikant, Vadlamani ^a   Bajpai, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Harudi Formation; Kutch; Lutetian; Molluscs; Strontium isotope Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MOLLUSCS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM;

CETACEA; HARUDI FORMATION; KUTCH; LUTETIAN; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE; FOSSIL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LUTETIAN; MOLLUSC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WHALE;

GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH;

CETACEA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77953615760     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756810000099     Document Type: Article

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