Late Precambrian (850-800 Ma) palaeomagnetic pole for the south Indian shield from the Harohalli alkaline dykes: Geotectonic implications for Gondwana reconstructions

Precambrian Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 77-87

  Radhakrishna, T ^a   Mathew, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYKE; GONDWANA; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

INDIA, KARNATAKA, HAROHALLI;

EID: 0030426609     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(96)00006-x     Document Type: Article

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