Composition and weathering conditions of Paleoproterozoic upper crust of Bundelkhand craton, Central India: Records from geochemistry of clastic sediments of 1.9 Ga Gwalior Group

Precambrian Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 313-329

  Absar, Nurul ^a   Raza, Mahshar ^b   Roy, Minati ^a   Naqvi, S M ^c   Roy, Ashim K ^a  

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

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bundelkhand craton; Crustal evolution; Paleoproterozoic; Provenance; Sediment geochemistry; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; OXYGENATION; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SANDSTONE; UPPER CRUST; WEATHERING;

ASIA; BUNDELKHAND; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 58749097593     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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