The lower crust of the Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Patchwork of Archean granulitic domains

Precambrian Research

Volumn 227, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-28

  Peucat, Jean Jacques ^a   Jayananda, Mudlappa ^b   Chardon, Dominique ^c   Capdevila, Ramon ^d   Fanning, C Mark ^e   Paquette, Jean Louis ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d Open Université de Lézignan la Sèbe   (France)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dharwar Craton; Geochemistry; Granulites; Neoarchean; Paleoarchean; South India; Structure; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; LOWER CRUST; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATIZATION; OROGENY; PETROLOGY; PROTOLITH; SHEAR ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 84875220956     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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