A vertic paleosol at the Archean-Proterozoic contact from the Singhbhum-Orissa craton, eastern India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 277-290

  Bandopadhyay, P C ^a   Eriksson, P G ^b   Roberts, R J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Basalt; Geochemistry; Granite saprolith; India; Paleoproterozoic; Paleosol; Ped structures; Pedogenic slickensides; Pyrophyllite; Singhbhum craton; Vertic features

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; MUSCOVITE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; PYROPHYLLITE; QUARTZ; SHALE; SLICKENSIDE; SOIL HORIZON;

INDIA; ORISSA; SINGHBHUM CRATON;

EID: 76349097999     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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