Neoproterozoic Deformation at a Boundary Zone between the Nellore-Khammam Schist Belt and Pakhal Basin, SE India: Strain Analysis of Deformed Pebbles

Gondwana Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 349-359

  Kumar, Rajneesh ^a   Okudaira, Takamoto ^a   Yoshida, Masaru ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nellore Khammam Schist Belt; Neoproterozoic deformation; Pakhal Supergroup; Strain analysis; Terrain boundary

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; PEBBLE; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ; SCHIST; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TERRAIN;

INDIA; PAKHAL LAKE; TELANGANA;

EID: 0003584058     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70293-8     Document Type: Article

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