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Record of Early to Middle Eocene paleoenvironmental changes from lignite mines, western India
Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
Kanpur, India
Jyoti Sharma
Department of Geology, K. J. Somaiya College of Science and
Commerce,
University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India
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Short summary
We carried out comparative analyses of multiple microfossil groups like foraminifera, dinoflagellates, pollen and spores from Early and Middle Eocene lignite mine sections from paleotropical sites of the Cambay, Kutch and Barmer basins of western India in order to record the changes in paleovegetation and paleodepositional conditions during the hot and humid climate.
We carried out comparative analyses of multiple microfossil groups like foraminifera,...
