Evolution of the continental crust in the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Belt, India and new constraints for Rodinia reconstruction: Implications from Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr and Pb-Pb isotopes

Precambrian Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 183-210

  Rickers, Karen ^a,b,c   Mezger, Klaus ^b   Raith, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal evolution; Eastern Ghats Belt; Model ages; Rodinia reconstruction; Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; RUBIDIUM; SAMARIUM; STRONTIUM;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEAN; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INDIA; LEACHING; MODEL; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0035843026     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00146-2     Document Type: Article

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