The Archaean Nucleus of Singhbhum: The Present State of Knowledge

Gondwana Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 307-318

  Mukhopadhyay, Dhruba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Archaean nucleus; Geochronology; Older metamorphic group; Older metamorphic tonalitic gneiss; Singhbhum

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; IRON ORE; KNOWLEDGE; METAMORPHISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTON;

BIHAR; INDIA; SINGHBHUM;

EID: 0001013324     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70331-2     Document Type: Article

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