SHRIMP U-Pb in zircon geochronology of the Chor granitoid: Evidence for neoproterozoic magmatism in the Lesser Himalayan granite belt of NW India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 285-292

  Singh, Sandeep ^a,b   Barley, M E ^b   Brown, S J ^b   Jain, A K ^a   Manickavasagam, R M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chor granitoid; Geochronology; Himalaya; SHRIMP; Zircon

Indexed keywords

LEAD; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; ZIRCON;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; DETRITUS; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; INDIA; PRECAMBRIAN; ROCK; SEDIMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 0037175711     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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