The Sandur schist belt and its adjacent plutonic rocks implications for Late Archaean crustal evolution in Karnataka

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-57

  Chadwick, Brian ^a   Vasudev, V N ^b   Ahmed, Nazeer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b 16/3 5 SP Complex ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Crustal Evolution; Intrusive Granites; Karnataka; Sandur belt; Stratigraphy; Structure

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; MAGMATISM; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

INDIA, KARNATAKA, SANDUR SCHIST BELT;

EID: 0029750563     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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