Geochemistry of the Archaean metasedimentary rocks from the Ramagiri Schist Belt, eastern Dharwar craton, India: Implications to crustal evolution

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 717-738

  Mishra, Meenal ^a   Rajamani, V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crustal evolution; Dharwar craton; Europium anomaly; Geochemistry; Island Arc; Metasedimentary rocks; Ramagiri schist belt

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; ISLAND ARC; METASEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; DHARWAR CRATON; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; RAMAGIRI BELT; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0842279757     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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