Petrography and geochemistry of terrigenous sedimentary rocks in the Neoproterozoic Rabanpalli Formation, Bhima Basin, southern India: Implications for paleoweathering conditions, provenance and source rock composition

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-312

  Nagarajan, R ^a   Armstrong Altrin, John S ^b   Nagendra, R ^c   Madhavaraju, J ^d   Moutte, J ^e  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Bhima Basin; Geochemistry; K Metasomatism; Karnataka; Paleoweathering; Provenance; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARENITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FELSIC ROCK; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METASOMATISM; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOURCE ROCK; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; WEATHERING;

ASIA; BHIMA RIVER; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38349063082     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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