Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic crustal evolution of the Aravalli mountain range, NW India, and its hinterland: The U-Pb and Hf isotope record of detrital zircon

Precambrian Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 155-164

  Kaur, Parampreet ^a,b   Zeh, Armin ^b,c   Chaudhri, Naveen ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^d   Okrusch, Martin ^b  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aravalli mountain range; Archaean Palaeoproterozoic; Crustal evolution; Detrital zircon; U Pb Hf isotopes

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; ACCRETION; ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DETRITUS; FOLD BELT; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM ISOTOPE; ZIRCON;

ARAVALLI RANGE; INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 79954829615     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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