Radioelements and heat production of an exposed Archaean crustal cross-section, Dharwar craton, south India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 309-324

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

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dharwar craton; Exposed crustal section; Heat flow; Heat production; Radioelements

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; HEAT FLOW; METAMORPHISM; RADIONUCLIDE;

ASIA; DHARWAR CRATON; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4143074710     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.032     Document Type: Article

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