New U-Pb SHRIMP zircon ages of the Dhamda tuff in the Mesoproterozoic Chhattisgarh basin, peninsular India: Stratigraphic implications and significance of a 1-Ga thermal-magmatic event

Journal of Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 535-548

  Bickford, Marion E ^a   Basu, Abhijit ^b   Mukherjee, Arunangshu ^c   Hietpas, Jack ^a   Schieber, Juergen ^b   Patranabis Deb, Sarbani ^d   Ray, Ranjan Kumar ^c   Guhey, Rajeeva ^e   Bhattacharya, Purbasha ^d   Dhang, Pratap Chandra ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

^d INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^e Government Digvijai College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SHRIMP DATING; STRATIGRAPHY; TUFF; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

CHHATTISGARH; INDIA;

EID: 79960982526     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661193     Document Type: Article

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