Geochemistry of shales from the proterozoic intracratonic Kaladgi-Badami Basin, Karnataka, Southern India as an indicator of palaeoweathering and evolution of the Dharwar Craton

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-501

  Dey, Sukanta ^a   Gajapathi Rao, R ^a   Veerabhaskar, D ^a   Chaki, Anjan ^a   Kumar Baidya, Tapan ^b  

^a ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Kaladgi supergroup; Palaeoweathering; Proterozoic; Shale; Upper crustal composition

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; EMPLACEMENT; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK; WEATHERING;

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

EID: 44649142135     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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