Himalayan granitoids

Journal of the Virtual Explorer

Volumn 11, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Singh, Sandeep ^a   Jain, Arvind K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Granitoids; Himalayas; Rb Sr; U Th Pb

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883664608     PISSN: 14418126     EISSN: 14418142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2003.00069     Document Type: Article

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