Structural framework of Deolapar Area, Central India and its implications for proterozoic nappe tectonics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-117

  Chattopadhyay, Anupam ^a   Huin, A K ^a   Khan, A S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Allochthon; Deolapar Nappe; Proterozoic; Sausar Group; Thrust tectonics

Indexed keywords

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MIGMATITE; NAPPE; PROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0142040626     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70647-X     Document Type: Article

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