Paleomagnetic analysis of the Marwar Supergroup, Rajasthan, India and proposed interbasinal correlations

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 339-351

  Davis, Joshua K ^a,b   Meert, Joseph G ^a   Pandit, Manoj K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Gondwana; India; Marwar; Paleomagnetism; Purana; Vindhyan

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EDIACARAN; FOLD BELT; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; ZIRCON;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 84904007398     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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