Utility of Rb-Sr geochronology in constraining Miocene and Cretaceous events in the eastern Karakoram, Ladakh, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 534-543

  Ravikant, V ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern Karakoram; Granitoids; Ladakh; Rb Sr geochronology; Ultrapotassic lamprophyre

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; MIOCENE; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARAKORAM; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33747777714     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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