Subduction-accretion-collision history along the Gondwana suture in southern India: A laser ablation ICP-MS study of zircon chronology

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-171

  Sato, Kei ^a,b   Santosh, M ^c,d   Tsunogae, Toshiaki ^e   Chetty, T R K ^f   Hirata, Takafumi ^g  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Banded iron formations (BIFs); Gondwana supercontinent; Laser ablation ICP mass spectrometry (LA ICP MS); Oceanic plagiogranite; Southern Indian Granulite Terrane

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BANDED IRON FORMATION; COLLISION ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAMORPHISM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

INDIA;

EID: 78449311208     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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