Mesoarchaean crustal history of the eastern Indian Craton: Sm-Nd and U-Pb isotopic evidence

Precambrian Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 17-22

  Sengupta, S ^a   Corfu, F ^b   McNutt, R H ^c   Paul, D K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEAN; CRUSTAL HISTORY; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; XENOLITH;

EID: 0029774199     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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