Implications of U-Pb zircon age of the Tirit granitoids on the closure of the Shyok suture zone, northern Ladakh, India

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1635-1640

  Upadhyay, Rajeev ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Shyok suture zone; Tirit granitoids; U Pb zircon age

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249098649     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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