Tectonothermal evolution of the Banded Gneissic Complex in central Rajasthan, NW India: Present status and correlation

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 339-348

  Bhowmik, Santanu Kumar ^a   Dasgupta, Somnath ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

Author keywords

Banded Gneissic Complex; Northwestern India; Precambrian crust; Supercontinent evolution; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; ACCRETION; BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATON; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GNEISS; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; RODINIA; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 84859011286     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.07.025     Document Type: Article

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