Zircon ages of late Palaeoproterozoic (ca. 1.72-1.70Ga) extension-related granitoids in NE Rajasthan, India: Regional and tectonic significance

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1040-1053

  Kaur, Parampreet ^a,b   Chaudhri, Naveen ^a   Raczek, I ^b   Kroner A ^c   Hofmann, A W ^b   Okrusch, M ^d  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

A type granites; Aravalli orogen; Columbia supercontinent; Late Palaeoproterozoic; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONICS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 79954797719     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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