Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78)

G. G. Vaz ¹, N. R. Biswas ¹, P. Prabhakara Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 East Coast Operations-II, Marine Wing, Geological Survey of India 41, Kirlampudi Layout, Visakhapatnam - 530 017, IN

Abstract

A well preservedlamellibranch fossil cast belonging to Genus:Crassatella of Cretaceous - Miocene age and fossil bearing phosphatic rock pieces were recovered by grab sampling from the continental shelf edge, off Madras. Phosphatic rock pieces contain Globigerina linaperta of Upper Paleocene - Lower Eocene age. Cretaceous - Eocene sedimentary sequence of Cauvery basin is occurring on the seabed in continental shelfedge, off Madras.

Keywords

Palaeontology, Cretaceous-Eocene, Continental Shelf, East Coast.

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