Geology and regional significance of the Sarnoo Hills, eastern rift margin of the Barmer Basin, NW India

Basin Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 636-655

  Bladon, Andrew J ^a   Burley, Stuart D ^a,b,c   Clarke, Stuart M ^a   Beaumont, Hazel ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b India Ltd   (India)

^c Murphy Oil Corporation   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRATON; CRETACEOUS; FAULT ZONE; RIFTING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BARMER; INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 84940669254     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12093     Document Type: Article

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