Whole-rock Pb/Pb isotopic ages of Late Archaean limestones, Karnataka, India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-272

  Russell, J ^a,e   Chadwick, B ^b   Krishna Rao, B ^c   Vasudev, V N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^d Government of Karnataka ^*  (India)

^e SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARCHAEAN; DHARWAR SUPERGROUP; GREENSCHIST FACIES; LEAD/LEAD DATING; LIMESTONE; METAMORPHISM;

INDIA, KARNATAKA;

EID: 0030456158     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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