Dating the oldest greenstone in India: A 3.51-Ga precise U-Pb SHRIMP zircon age for dacitic lava of the southern Iron Ore Group, Singhbhum craton

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 449-461

  Mukhopadhyay, Joydip ^a,b   Beukes, N J ^a,b   Armstrong, R A ^a,c   Zimmermann, Udo ^a,b,d   Ghosh, Gamam ^a   Medda, R A ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DACITE; DATING METHOD; GREENSTONE; IRON ORE; ISLAND ARC; LAVA; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KAAPVAAL CRATON; PILBARA BLOCK; SINGHBHUM CRATON; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 53549121403     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590133     Document Type: Article

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