Tectonic setting of the Balaram-Kui-Surpagla-Kengora granulites of the South Delhi Terrane of the Aravalli Mobile Belt, NW India and its implication on correlation with the East African Orogen in the Gondwana assembly

Precambrian Research

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 669-688

  Singh, Yengkhom Kesorjit ^a   De Waele, Bert ^b,c   Karmakar, Subrata ^d   Sarkar, Sunayana ^a   Biswal, Tapas Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b SRK CONSULTING   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aravalli Mobile Belt; East African Orogen; Gondwana; Granulites; Neoproterozoic terrane; South Delhi Terrane; Zircon U Pb SHRIMP dating

Indexed keywords

FOLDING; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; SHRIMP DATING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE; THRUST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EAST AFRICA; INDIA; MADAGASCAR;

CLIDEMIA HIRTA;

EID: 78649448505     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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