Proterozoic rock suites along South Purulia Shear Zone, eastern India: Evidence for rift-related setting

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1069-1086

  Acharyya, A ^a   Ray, S ^a   Chaudhuri, B K ^a   Basu, S K ^a   Bhaduri, S K ^a   Sanyal, A K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Dacite; Geochemistry; Ignimbrite; Petrography; Purulia; Rift; Shear; Tourmalinite; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

DACITE; IGNIMBRITE; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TOURMALINITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PURULIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 33847040324     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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