The application of single zircon evaporation and model Nd ages to the interpretation of polymetamorphic terrains: An example from the Proterozoic mobile belt of south India

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-195

  Bartlett, Jessica M ^a   Dougherty Page, Jon S ^b   Harris, Nigel B W ^a   Hawkesworth, Chris J ^a   Santosh, M ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

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EID: 0000516146     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050387     Document Type: Article

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