Constraints on the development of Proterozoic basins in central India from 40Ar/39Ar analysis of authigenic glauconitic minerals

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 158-167

  Conrad, James E ^a   Hein, James R ^a   Chaudhuri, Asru K ^b   Patranabis Deb, Sarbani ^c   Mukhopadhyay, Joydip ^b   Deb, Gautam Kumar ^d   Beukes, Nicolas J ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^d DURGAPUR GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CONSTRAINTS; AUTHIGENIC; CENTRAL INDIA; HEATING METHOD; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEW AGE; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITION; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SINGLE GRAINS; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES;

ARGON; HEATING; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; MICA; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLAUCONITE; LIMESTONE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHHATTISGARH; GODAVARI VALLEY; INDIA; PRANHITA VALLEY;

CHANDA;

EID: 79251482452     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30083.1     Document Type: Article

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