Formation and fragmentation of the Palaeoproterozoic supercontinent Columbia: Evidence from the Eastern Ghats Granulite Belt, southeast India

International Geology Review

Volumn 53, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1297-1311

  Vijaya Kumar, K ^a,b   Leelanandam, C ^c   Ernst, W G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Columbia supercontinent; Eastern Ghats Belt; Palaeoproterozoic arc; subduction and rift related magmatism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOLD BELT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRANULITE; MAGMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUPERCONTINENT;

EASTERN GHATS; INDIA;

EID: 79960525568     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2010.527658     Document Type: Article

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