Cryogenian volcanic arc in the NW Indian Shield: Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology of felsic tuffs and implications for Gondwana assembly

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-53

  Rao, Dharma C V ^a   Santosh, M ^b,c   Kim, Sung Won ^d  

^a National Disaster Management Authority   (India)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cryogenian arc magmatism; Geochemistry; Gondwana supercontinent; Ocean plate stratigraphy; Petrology; SHRIMP zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860884617     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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