Pb, Sr and Nd isotope systematics of uranium mineralised stromatolitic dolomites from the Proterozoic Cuddapah Superground, south India: Constraints on age and provenance

Chemical Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-64

  Zachariah, John K ^a   Bhaskar Rao, Y J ^a   Srinivasan, R ^a   Gopalan, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonate rocks; Cuddapah basin; Geochronology; Proterozoic; Provenance; Radiogenic isotopes; Uranium mineralisation

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM; URANIUM;

INDIA;

EID: 0342680058     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00100-X     Document Type: Article

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