Crustal architecture and evolution of the Eastern Ghats Belt and adjacent regions of India

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 206, Issue , 2003, Pages 145-168

  Dobmeier, Christoph J ^a   Raith, Michael M ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT;

INDIA;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0038300676     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.206.01.09     Document Type: Article

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