Structural features of the Archean Nellore-Khammam Schist Belt, Southeast India

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn , Issue 42, 1999, Pages 227-235

  Hari Prasad, B ^a   Takamoto, Okudaira ^a   Divi, R S ^b   Masaru, Yoshida ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b CNS Geomatics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basement structure; India; Nellore Khamman Schist Belt; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; CRATON; DEFORMATION; GREENSTONE BELT; SCHIST; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0002342938     PISSN: 04492560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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