Petrography and provenance of subsurface Neogene sandstones of Bengal Basin, Bangladesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 493-504

  Islam, Md Aminul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bengal Basin; Neogene sandstone; Petrography; Provenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880386581     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-010-0129-2     Document Type: Article

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