Basement-cover relationship in the Khetri copper belt and the emplacement mechanism of the Granite Massifs, Rajasthan, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-432

  Gupta, Pratip ^a   Guha, D B ^a   Chattopadhyay, B ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Granite emplacement mechanism; Khetri copper belt; Proterozoic; Rajasthan; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

INDIA;

EID: 0032468540     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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