U-Pb ages for zircon and titanite from the Ramagiri area, southern India: Evidence for accretionary origin of the eastern Dharwar craton during the late Archean

Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-86

  Balakrishnan, S ^a,b   Rajamani, V ^a,c   Hanson, G N ^a,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRATON; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PLUTON; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

INDIA;

EID: 0033015551     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314331     Document Type: Article

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