Geochronology of the 1.55 Ga Bengal anorthosite and Grenvillian metamorphism in the Chotanagpur gneissic complex, eastern India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 303-316

  Chatterjee, Nilanjan ^a   Crowley, James L ^a   Ghose, Naresh C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bengal anorthosite; Chemical age; Chotanagpur; EPMA; Grenville; ID TIMS; Monazite; Proterozoic; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; MONAZITE; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; BIHAR; CHOTANAGPUR; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38949154151     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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