An Archaean tectonic model of the Dharwar craton, southern India: The origin of the Holenarasipur greenstone belt (Hussan district, Karnataka) and reinterpretation of the Sargur-Dharwar relationship

Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 149-160

  Kunugiza, K ^a   Kato, Y ^b   Kano, T ^b   Takaba, Y ^a   Kuruma, I ^a   Sohma, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; DHARWAR CRATON; GREENSTONE BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

INDIA, KARNATAKA, HUSSAN;

EID: 0030389447     PISSN: 07439547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(96)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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