Record of 1.82 Ga Andean-type continental arc magmatism in NE Rajasthan, India: Insights from zircon and Sm-Nd ages, combined with Nd-Sr isotope geochemistry

Gondwana Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-71

  Kaur, Parampreet ^a,b   Chaudhri, Naveen ^a   Raczek, I ^b   Kroner A ^c   Hofmann, A W ^b  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental arc magmatism; Geochronology; Nd Sr isotopes; NE Rajasthan; Palaeoproterozoic granitoids

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; ZIRCON;

ARAVALLI RANGE; INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 67349256345     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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