Geochemistry and detrital modes of Proterozoic sedimentary rocks, Bayana Basin, north Delhi fold belt: Implications for provenance and source-area weathering

International Geology Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-129

  Raza, Mahshar ^a   Ahmad, A H M ^a   Shamim Khan, M ^a   Khan, Feroz ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aravalli Craton; bulk rock geochemistry; Indian shield; north Delhi fold belt; palaeoweathering; Rajasthan

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FOLD BELT; GRANITOID; PETROGRAPHY; PLAGIOCLASE; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BAYANA BASIN; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 84857337776     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2010.517044     Document Type: Review

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