Evolution of the continental crust in the Kerala Khondalite Belt, southernmost India: Evidence from Nd isotope mapping, U-Pb and Rb-Sr geochronology

Precambrian Research

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 275-292

  Cenki, Bénédicte ^a,b   Braun, Ingo ^a   Bröcker, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kerala Khondalite Belt; Monazite dating; Nd model ages; Rb Sr age; Ultra high temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LEAD; MINERAL; NEODYMIUM; RUBIDIUM; STRONTIUM; URANIUM;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KHONDALITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDIA; MADAGASCAR; MODEL; PROTEROZOIC; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SRI LANKA;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 5344244737     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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