The Dharwar craton, southern India, interpreted as the result of Late Archaean oblique convergence

Precambrian Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 91-111

  Chadwick, B ^a   Vasudev, V N ^b   Hegde, G V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Thyagarajanagar 560 028 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Batholith emplacement; Dharwar craton; Foreland deformation; Late Archaean; Oblique convergence

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARCHEAN; BATHOLITH; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRATON; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FORELAND BASIN;

INDIA;

EID: 0034651080     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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