Petrographic characteristics and paleoenvironmental history of Eocene lignites of Cambay basin, Western India

Prakash Singh1, Vijay Kumar Singh1, Mahendra Singh1, Pramod K. Rajak1
1Coal and Organic Petrology Lab, Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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