Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: Continental lithosphere growth by accretion of diverse plume and arc terranes

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-240

  Manikyamba, C ^a   Kerrich, Robert ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continental lithosphere growth; Eastern Dharwar Craton; Geodynamics; Neoarchean mantle; Subduction accretion; Zoned plume

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARCHEAN; ASTHENOSPHERE; BANDED IRON FORMATION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; GEODYNAMICS; GREENSTONE BELT; KOMATIITE; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC CRUST; PRECISION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE; THOLEIITIC BASALT;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 84858312557     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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