Early to Middle Albian age calcareous nannofossils from Pariwar Formation of Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan, western India and their significance

Current Science

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1604-1610

  Rai, Jyotsana ^a   Singh, Abha ^a   Pandey, Dhirendra Kumar ^b  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Calcareous; Cold and warm waters; Depositional environment; Sedimentary succession.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891300810     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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