Proterozoic platform sequences of Peninsular India: Implications towards basin evolution and supercontinent assembly

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 589-607

  Chakraborty, Partha Pratim ^a   Dey, Sukanta ^b   Mohanty, Sarada Prasad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geochronology; Paleomagnetism; Platform sequence; Proterozoic; Sedimentology; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRATON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUPERCONTINENT;

INDIA;

EID: 77957366851     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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