A Note on Some Planktonic Foraminifera from the Cambay Basin

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  • R. T. D. Wickenden
     Geological Survey of Canada
  • V. V. Sastri
     Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Dehra Dun

Abstract

The authors have demarcated the Eocene-Oligocene stratigraphic boundary of the sub-crop sediments of the Cambay Basin of Western India on the basis of planktonic Foraminifera belonging to the genera Chiloguembelina, Cassigerinella and Globigerina.

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Volume 9, Issue 1, June 1968

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1968-06-01

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Wickenden, R. T. D., & Sastri, V. V. (1968). A Note on Some Planktonic Foraminifera from the Cambay Basin. Journal of Geological Society of India, 9(1), 13–20. Retrieved from https://geosocindia.com/index.php/jgsi/article/view/60569

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