Fractal analysis of quartz grain boundary sutures in a granite (Malanjkhand, Central India) - Implications to infer regional tectonics

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-319

  Majumder, Sukhen ^a   Mamtani, Manish A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Central India; Fractal analysis; Granite; Malanjkhand; Microstructure; Quartz sutures; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEFORMATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRANITE; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; MADHYA PRADESH; MALANJKHAND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 63349094659     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-009-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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