India's Palaeoproterozoic legacy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 263-288

  Santosh, M ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; SUPERCONTINENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84860882411     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP365.14     Document Type: Article

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