A Paleoproterozoic giant radiating dyke swarm in the Dharwar Craton, southern India

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Hamilton, Mike A ^b   Halls, Henry C ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

geochemistry; geochronology; mafic dykes; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMAGNETISM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEAD; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

AREAL DISTRIBUTION; BADDELEYITE; DYKE SWARMS; FOCAL POINTS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HIGH PRECISION; MAFIC DYKES; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PRIMARY MAGNETIZATION; SHORT DURATIONS; SOUTH INDIA; TIME SPAN; TRACE ELEMENT PATTERNS; U-PB AGES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BADDELEYITE; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 84863269143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003926     Document Type: Article

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