Structural constraints on reworking in the Western Ghats Granulite Belt, India and the Antarctic analogue

Gondwana Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-290

  Bhattacharya, S ^a   Kar, Rajib ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Gondwanaland; Pan African; Pre drift; Structural reworking; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 0346693932     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70839-X     Document Type: Article

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