Sm-Nd ages of Archaean metavolcanics of the Dharwar craton, South India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 205-216

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Bhaskar Rao, Y J ^a   Sivaraman, T V ^a   Gopalan, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; METAVOLCANICS; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING;

INDIA, DHARWAR CRATON;

EID: 0030428175     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(96)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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