Palaeobotany and stratigraphy of the coal bearing beds of the Daltonganj coalfield, Bihar

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  • P.K. Maithy Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.802

Abstract

The present paper deals with the plant fossils and the miospores recovered from the coal-bearing beds of the Daltonganj Coalfield. On basis of these plant fossil evidences the stratigraphical positions of these beds in the Lower Gondwana succession are discussed.

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1968-12-31

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Maithy, P. (1968). Palaeobotany and stratigraphy of the coal bearing beds of the Daltonganj coalfield, Bihar. Journal of Palaeosciences, 17((1-3), 265–274. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.802

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