Rapid development of the Late Archaean Hutti schist belt, Northern Karnataka: Implications of New Field data and SHRIMP U/Pb zircon ages

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 529-540

  Vasudev, V N ^a   Chadwick, Brian ^b   Nutman, Allen P ^c   Hegde, G V ^a  

^a Thyagarajanagar ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dharwar craton; Hutti schist belt; Intra arc basin; Late Archaean; SHRIMP ages

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONGLOMERATE; SCHIST; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

INDIA;

EID: 0034190564     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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