Depositional history of the Chhattisgarh Basin, Central India: Constraints from new SHRIMP zircon ages

Journal of Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-50

  Bickford, M E ^a   Basu, Abhijit ^b   Patranabis Deb, Sarbani ^c   Dhang, Pratap C ^c   Schieber, Juergen ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHHATTISGARH; INDIA;

EID: 78651263547     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657300     Document Type: Article

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