Provenance and weathering history of archaean Naharmagra quartzite of Aravalli Craton, NW Indian shield: Petrographic and geochemical evidence

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 331-345

  Raza, Mahshar ^a   Bhardwaj, V R ^a   Ahmad, A H M ^a   Mondal, M E A ^a   Khan, Abdullah ^a   Khan, M Shamim ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aravalli Craton; Crustal evolution; Geochemistry; Indian shield; Rajasthan

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL ARC; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; METASOMATISM; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; QUARTZITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING RATE;

ARAVALLI CRATON; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 79958016609     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0075     Document Type: Article

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