First Paleoproterozoic ophiolite from Gondwana: Geochronologic-geochemical documentation of ancient oceanic crust from Kandra, SE India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 487, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 22-32

  Vijaya Kumar, K ^a,b   Ernst, W G ^a   Leelanandam, C ^c   Wooden, J L ^a   Grove, M J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Columbia supercontinent; Eastern Ghats Belt; India; Kandra Paleoproterozoic Ophiolite; Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics; U Pb age

Indexed keywords

COLUMBIA; INDIA; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PLATE TECTONICS; SUPERCONTINENTS;

BARIUM; BASALT; CAVITY RESONATORS; GALLIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCONIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARC-ARC COLLISION; COLLISION ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; METASOMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; THRUST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

COLUMBIA [MISSOURI]; DHARWAR CRATON; EASTERN GHATS; INDIA; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952470714     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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