Late Archaean (2550-2520 Ma) juvenile magmatism in the Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India: Constraints from geochronology, Nd-Sr isotopes and whole rock geochemistry

Precambrian Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 225-254

  Jayananda, M ^a   Moyen, J F ^b   Martin, H ^b   Peucat, J J ^c   Auvray, B ^c   Mahabaleswar, B ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Eastern Dharwar craton; Juvenile granitoids; Late Archaean; Plume; Sr Nd isotopes; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM;

INDIA;

EID: 0342471001     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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