Paleoproterozoic granitoids in the basement of Bangladesh: A piece of the Indian shield or an exotic fragment of the Gondwana jigsaw?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-387

  Ameen, S M Mahbubul ^a,b   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Kabir, Md Zafrul ^a   Akon, Eunuse ^c   Chowdhury, Khalil R ^a   Khan, Md Sharif Hossain ^a  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Dinajpur block; Paleoproterozoic rocks; SHRIMP U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CRATON; GNEISS; GONDWANA; GRANITE; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; PROTEROZOIC; TONALITE;

BANGLADESH; DINAJPUR; INDIAN SHIELD; RANGPUR;

EID: 35548942659     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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