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Dating the Oldest Greenstone in India: A 3.51-Ga precise U-Pb SHRIMP zircon age for Dacitic lava of the Southern Iron Ore Group, Singhbhum Craton

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2008

Authors

Mukhopadhyay, Joydip
Beukes, N.J.
Armstrong, Richard
Zimmermann, Udo
Ghosh, Gautam
Medda, R.A.

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University of Chicago Press

Abstract

This article reports a precise 3506.8 ± 2.3-Ma U-Pb SHRIMP zircon age for dacitic lava in a well-preserved low-grade metamorphic and low-strained greenstone belt succession of the southern Iron Ore Group, Singhbhum craton, India. This age makes the succe

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Keywords: craton; dacite; dating method; greenstone; iron ore; island arc; lava; tectonics; zircon; Africa; Asia; Australasia; Australia; Eurasia; India; Kaapvaal Craton; Pilbara Block; Singhbhum Craton; South Asia; Southern Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Western Aust

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/36007

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ANU Research Publications

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Journal of Geology

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Journal article

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10.1086/590133

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2037-12-31

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