Growth of the Greater Indian Landmass and its assembly in Rodinia: Geochronological evidence from the Central Indian Tectonic Zone

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-72

  Bhowmik, Santanu K ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Bhandari, Anubha ^a   Pal, Taraknath ^c   Pant, Naresh C ^a,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Central Indian Tectonic Zone; Monazite chemical dating; Rodinia; U Pb and Lu Hf zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860885142     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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