India's changing place in global Proterozoic reconstructions: A review of geochronologic constraints and paleomagnetic poles from the Dharwar, Bundelkhand and Marwar cratons

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 224-242

  Pradhan, Vimal R ^a   Meert, Joseph G ^a   Pandit, Manoj K ^b   Kamenov, George ^a   Gregory, Laura C ^a,c   Malone, Shawn J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gondwana; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANODIORITE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BUNDELKHAND; DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 77954656230     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2009.11.008     Document Type: Review

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