The paleoproterozoic supracrustal Kolhan Group in Singhbhum Craton, India and the Indo-African supercontinent

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1228-1235

  Bandopadhyay, P C ^a   Sengupta, S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Indo African connection; Palaeoproterozoic Kolhan Group; Sedimentology; Singhbhum Craton

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PASSIVE MARGIN; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SHALE; SUPERCONTINENT;

INDIA; SINGHBHUM CRATON;

EID: 5444269099     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71097-2     Document Type: Article

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