LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon age constraints on the Paleoproterozoic and Neoarchean history of the Sandmata Complex in Rajasthan within the NW Indian Plate

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-305

  Dharma Rao, C V ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Purohit, Ritesh ^c   Wang, Junpeng ^d   Jiang, Xingfu ^d   Kusky, Timothy ^d  

^a National Disaster Management Authority   (India)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Govt College   (India)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

NW India; Sandmata Complex; Supercontinents; Tectonics; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; BIOTITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUPERCONTINENT; SUTURE ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; RAJASTHAN; SANDMATA COMPLEX;

EID: 79960965104     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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