Geochemical and isotopic studies of the granitoids exposed on the southern slope in the Sasoma-Saser Brangra section of Karakoram Batholith, Jammu and Kashmir

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-334

  Rai, Hakim ^a   Rameshwar Rao, D ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

124 Ma granitoids; Geochemistry; Jammu and Kashmir; Karakoram batholith; Metaluminous I type; Sasoma Saser Brangra

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 19644374356     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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