Palaeoproterozoic (∼1.9 Ga) extension and breakup along the eastern margin of the Eastern Dharwar Craton, SE India: New Sm-Nd isochron age constraints from anorogenic mafic magmatism in the Neoarchean Nellore greenstone belt

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-81

  Ravikant, Vadlamani ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern Dharwar Craton; Neoarchean Nellore greenstone; Palaeoproterozoic magmatism; Sm Nd isochron ages; Supercontinent Columbia breakup

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE BELT; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; METABASALT; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SUPERCONTINENT;

ASIA; DHARWAR CRATON; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349253922     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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