SHRIMP U/Pb zircon ages of acid volcanic rocks in the Chitradurga and Sandur Groups, and granites adjacent to the Sandur schist belt, Karnataka

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-164

  Nutman, A P ^a   Chadwick, Brian ^b   Krishna Rao, B ^c   Vasudev, V N ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acid Volcanics; Geochronology; Karnataka; Sandur Schist Belt; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GRANITE; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

INDIA, KARNATAKA, SANDUR SCHIST BELT;

EID: 0029772076     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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