An 40Ar-39Ar laser-probe study of pseudotachylites in charnockite gneisses from the Cauvery Shear Zone system, South India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 357-362

  Bhaskar Rao, Y J ^a   Kelley, S P ^b   Harris, N B W ^b   Narayana, B L ^a   Srikantappa, C ^c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Studies in Food Science and Nutrition   (India)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Proterozoic; Pseudotachylite; Shear zones; South India

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; PRECAMBRIAN; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; ZIRCON;

CAUVERY SUTURE ZONE; INDIA;

EID: 33749512767     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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