Late Neoproterozoic-Cambrian felsic magmatism along transcrustal shear zones in southern India: U-Pb electron microprobe ages and implications for the amalgamation of the Gondwana supercontinent

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-42

  Santosh, M ^a   Tanaka, K ^a   Yokoyama, K ^b   Collins, A S ^c  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

EPMA U Pb Th dating; Gondwana; Granite; Monazite; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FELSIC ROCK; GONDWANA; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; SUPERCONTINENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

INDIA;

EID: 12344306577     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70260-4     Document Type: Article

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