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Cambrian system of India

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Diese Arbeit beschreibt ausführlich die kambrische Stratigraphie Indiens. Anhand neuer Fossilfunde werden die paläogeographischen Bedingungen während der kambrischen Periode diskutiert.

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The paper describes in detail the Cambrian Stratigraphy of India. On the basis of fresh fossil finds, the paleogeographic conditions during the Cambrian Period have been discussed.

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L'article décrit en détail la stratigraphie du Cambrien de l'Inde. Partant de nouvelles découvertes de fossiles, les auteurs discutent les conditions paléogégraphiques au cours de la période cambrienne.

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Описана стратиграфи я кембрия Индии. На осн овании новых находок окамен елостей сделана попытка реко нструкции палеогеог рафических условий в этом периоде.

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  1. Vishwajit J. Gupta & I. J. Suneja

    Present address: Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh-14, India

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    Gupta, V.J., Suneja, I.J. Cambrian system of India. Geol Rundsch 63, 1248–1260 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01821332

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