Calcareous nannofossils of Albian age from Tanot well1, Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan and its palaeobiogeographic significance

Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-73

  Rai, Jyotsana ^a   Singh, Abha ^a   Garg, Rahul ^b  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Albian; Cretaceous; Jaisalmer Basin; Nannofossils; Tanot

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891342067     PISSN: 05529360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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