Volume 3, No. 4, December 2017
General Information
- ISSN: 2395-647X (Online)
- Short Title: Int. J. Geol. Earth Sci.
- Frequency: Semi-annual
- Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Marina Fernandez de la Cruz, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
- Associate Editor: Sujitha R. Reddy, Savitha Darsha
- DOI: 10.18178/ijges
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Benthic Foraminifera from Palaeocene Sediment of Pondicherry Area, Cauvery Basin
C S Bhargava Sharma and N Malarkodi
Department of Geology, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560056, Karnataka, India
Abstract—The paper present the characteristic benthic foraminiferal fauna robust Anomalinids (Gavelinella danica, G. velascoensis), Nuttallides truempyi, Osangularia velascoensis, Gyroidinoides globosus, Bulimina trinitatensis. Suggesting upper-middle bathyal depths (200-1000 m) depositional environment to Palaeocene sediments of Pondicherry area.
Index Terms—Benthic foraminifera, Cauvery basin, Bathyal depths, Paleocene sediments, Pondicherry
Cite:C S Bhargava Sharma and N Malarkodi, "Benthic Foraminifera from Palaeocene Sediment of Pondicherry Area, Cauvery Basin," International Journal of Geology and Earth Science, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 32-35, December 2017.