Indian shield: Insight into the pristine size, shapeand tectonic framework

Indian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 181-192

  Roy, A B ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gondwana rift basin; Greater india; Indian shield; Phanerozoic reconstitution; Protocontinent

Indexed keywords

GREATER INDIA; INDIAN SHIELDS; PHANEROZOIC RECONSTITUTION; PROTOCONTINENT; RIFT BASIN;

COAL DEPOSITS;

TECTONICS;

BASIN; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; JURASSIC; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; TERRANE;

BASTAR; BIHAR; BUNDELKHAND; EASTERN GHATS; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; MADHYA PRADESH; SINGHBHUM;

EID: 84887425401     PISSN: 22293574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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