SHRIMP zircon and titanite U-Pb ages, Lu-Hf isotope signatures and geochemical constraints for ~2.56Ga granitic magmatism in Western Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Evidence for short-lived Neoarchean episodic crustal growth?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 243, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-220

  Mohan, M Ram ^a   Sarma, D Srinivasa ^a   McNaughton, Neal J ^b   Fletcher, Ian R ^b   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Siddiqui, Md Alam ^a   Rasmussen, Birger ^b   Krapez, Bryan ^b   Gregory, Courtney J ^b   Kamo, Sandra L ^c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Episodic crustal growth; Gadag granites; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Lu Hf isotopes; Western Dharwar Craton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893907507     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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