Electron probe micro analyser chemical zircon ages of the Khetri granitoids, Rajasthan, India: Records of widespread late Palaeoproterozoic extension-related magmatism

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-73

  Kaur, Parampreet ^a   Chaudhri, Naveen ^a   Biju Sekhar, S ^b   Yokoyama, K ^c  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical ages; Granitoid plutons; Monazites; Zircons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644595204     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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