A precise zircon U-Pb age for the base of the BIF of the Mulaingiri Formation, (Bababudan Group, Dharwar Supergroup) of the Karnataka Craton

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-170

  Trendall, A F ^a   De Laeter, J R ^a   Nelson, D R ^b   Mukhopadhyay, D ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Bababudan Schist Belt; BIF; Geochronology; Karnataka; SHRIMP

Indexed keywords

BIF; SHRIMP; URANIUM LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

INDIA, KARNATAKA;

EID: 0031396092     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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