Age and tectonic evolution of Neoproterozoic ductile shear zones in the Southern Granulite Terrain of India, with implications for Gondwana studies

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Ghosh, Joy Gopal ^a   de Wit, Maarten J ^a   Zartman, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gondwana reconstruction; Neoproterozoic; Peninsular India; Shear zones; Southern Granulite Terrain; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; GRANULITE; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 6044257803     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001444     Document Type: Article

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