Fossil spores and pollen from the Lower Cretaceous subsurface sediments near Karaikal, Cauvery basin

B.S. Venkatachala; A.K. Jain

doi:10.54991/jop.1969.819

Authors

B.S. Venkatachala Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
A.K. Jain Palynology Laboratory, Institute of Petroleum Exploration, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Dehra Dun

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1969.819

Abstract

Lower Cretaceous (Neocomian - Aptian) age is assigned to sub-crop sediments overlying the Archaean crystalline basement near Karaikal in the Cauvery basin on the basis of Palynological studies. The assemblage is closely comparable to the Lower Cretaceous assemblages from Kutch and Andhra Pradesh in India.

Two new fossil woods are described here from the Tertiary of South India near Pondicherry. These resemble the modern woods of Barringtonia and Careya of the family Lecythidaceae.

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