Origin of ~2.5 Ga potassic granite from the Nellore Schist Belt, SE India: Textural, cathodoluminescence, and SHRIMP U-Pb data

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 867-888

  Vijaya Kumar, K ^a,b   Ernst, W G ^a   Leelanandam, C ^c   Wooden, J L ^a   Grove, M J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Archean Proterozoic boundary; Latest Archean tectonics; Leucogranite; Nellore Schist Belt; SE India; Tonalite; U Pb zircon ages

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BARIUM; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HORNBLENDE; LEUCOGRANITE; MAGMATISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PLAGIOCLASE; PROTEROZOIC; SCHIST; SHRIMP DATING; STRONTIUM; TONALITE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

INDIA;

EID: 85027935135     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0629-0     Document Type: Article

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