Geochemical Characteristics of Archean Clastic Metasediments of Gadag Gold Field, Southern India: Implications for Provenance and Tectonic Setting

Gondwana Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 245-255

  Ugarkar, A G ^a   Nyamati, R C ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gadag belt; Geochemistry; Karnataka; Metasediments; Provenance

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARCHEAN; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; GREENSCHIST FACIES; LITHIC FRAGMENT; METAGREYWACKE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 0347309522     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70907-2     Document Type: Article

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