Correlation of Precambrian-Cambrian sedimentary successions across northern India and the utility of isotopic signatures of Himalayan lithotectonic zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 471-483

  McKenzie, N Ryan ^a   Hughes, Nigel C ^a   Myrow, Paul M ^b   Xiao, Shuhai ^c   Sharma, Mukund ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Detrital zircons; Epsilon neodymium; Lesser Himalaya; Proterozoic; Vindhyan

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIANS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN CRATON; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LESSER HIMALAYA; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; VINDHYAN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZIRCON;

ISOTOPES;

DEPOSITION VELOCITY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UNCONFORMITY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

INDIA;

EID: 81455161621     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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