New U-Pb zircon ages from paleo-mesoarchean TTG gneisses of the Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-88

  Acharyya, Subhrangsu Kanta ^a   Gupta, Anupendu ^b   Orihashi, Yuji ^c  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b University of Tokyo ^*  (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Paleoarchean; Singhbhum Craton; Singhbhum granite batholith; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BATHOLITH; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; GREENSTONE BELT; LAVA; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

INDIA; SINGHBHUM CRATON;

EID: 77957592573     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0046     Document Type: Article

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