The role of radiogenic heat production in the thermal evolution of a Proterozoic granulite-facies orogenic belt: Eastern Ghats, Indian Shield

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 39-54

  Kumar, P Senthil ^a   Menon, Rajeev ^a   Reddy, G K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern Ghats Belt; heat production; Indian Shield; Proterozoic granulites; radioelements; thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

GRANULITE-FACIES; HEAT PRODUCTION; OROGENIC BELT; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GRANULITE FACIES; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; METAMORPHISM; MOHO; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONOPHYSICS; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846286838     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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