Geochemistry and neodymium model ages of Precambrian charnockites, Southern Granulite Terrain, India: Constraints on terrain assembly

Precambrian Research

Volumn 227, Issue , 2013, Pages 295-315

  Tomson, J K ^a   Bhaskar Rao, Y J ^a   Vijaya Kumar, T ^a   Choudhary, A K ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Charnockite; Geochemistry; Gondwana; Neoproterozoic; Sm Nd model ages; Southern India

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CHARNOCKITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PRECAMBRIAN; RUBIDIUM; SAMARIUM; SHEAR ZONE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84875216379     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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