Monazite dating of granitic gneisses and leucogranites from the Kerala Khondalite Belt, southern India: Implications for Late Proterozoic crustal evolution in East Gondwana

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-22

  Braun, Ingo ^a   Bröcker, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Granulite facies; Monazite; Southern India; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GNEISS; GONDWANA; LEUCOGRANITE; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA KHONDALITE BELT; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1642446961     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-003-0376-1     Document Type: Article

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