Late cambrian reworking of paleo-mesoproterozoic granulites in shillong-meghalaya gneissic complex (Northeast India): Evidence from PT pseudosection analysis and monazite chronology and implications for east gondwana assembly

Journal of Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-330

  Chatterjee, N ^a   Bhattacharya, A ^b   Duarah, B P ^c   Mazumdar, A C ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Appendix tables; Excel files

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CAMBRIAN; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; MAGMATISM; METAPELITE; MONAZITE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION;

INDIA; MEGHALAYA; SHILLONG PLATEAU;

EID: 79955546098     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659259     Document Type: Article

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