Economic geology of the carbonate rocks from Mesozoic Alpurai group, Peshawar basin, Pakistan
Subject Areas :
Economic Geology
Muhammad Anjum
1
,
Muhammad Ishfaq
2
,
Sibghat Ullah
3
,
Muhammad Yaseen
4
,
Liaqat Ali
5
,
Jaroslav Prsek
6
,
Gohar Rehman
7
1 - Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
2 - Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
3 - Frontier Works Organization, Pakistan
4 - Department of Geology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Marden, Pakistan
5 - National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
6 - Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Department of Economic Geology, Kraków, Poland
7 - Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Received: 1999-11-30
Accepted : 1999-11-30
Published : 1999-11-30
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