Sinking of the Dharwar Basin (South India): implications for Archaean tectonics

Precambrian Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 15-39

  Chardon, Dominique ^a,c   Choukroune, Pierre ^a,d   Jayananda, Mudlappa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; DECOLLEMENT; GREENSTONE BELT; TECTONICS;

DHARWAR BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 0032144980     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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