40Ar/39Ar and K/Ar geochronology of the dykes from the south Indian granulite terrain

Tectonophysics

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 109-129

  Radhakrishna, T ^a   Maluski, H ^b   Mitchell, J G ^c   Joseph, M ^a,d  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar ages; Dykes; Geochronology; Granulite terrain; K Ar ages; South India

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE;

INDIA;

EID: 0033616926     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00288-1     Document Type: Article

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