Petrology and geochemistry of late archaean granitoids in the northern part of Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Implications for transitional geodynamic setting

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-317

  Prabhakar, B C ^a   Jayananda, M ^a   Shareef, Mohamed ^a   Kano, T ^b  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaean crustal evolution; EDC; Granites; Gurgunta Hutti area; Karnataka; TTGs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCRETION; ADAKITE; AMPHIBOLE; ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FOLIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HYBRIDIZATION; MAFIC ROCK; MELTING; PALEOECOLOGY; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PHANEROZOIC; PLAGIOCLASE; PLUTON; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SITE INVESTIGATION; SLAB;

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

EID: 70349469488     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-009-0137-2     Document Type: Article

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