Tectonic Uplift of the Nellore Mica Belt, India, as Revealed by Fission Track Dating Technique

Authors

  • Rajinder Parshad
     Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-132119
  • Nand Lal
     Electrologging Section, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Ahmedabad-380005
  • K. K. Nagpaul
     Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-132119

Abstract

Fission track ages of two cogenetic minerals viz., garnet and apatite collected from the pegmatites of Nellore Mica. Belt of India, emplaced during the closing stages of the Eastern Ghats Orogeny (1500-1600 Ma) are found to be 1065 Ma and 440 Ma respectively. The data has been interpreted in terms of tectonic uplift of the pegmatites. The average rate of uplift for this region has been calculated as 0.04 mm/year.

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Volume 20, Issue 1, January 1979

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1979-01-01

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Parshad, R., Lal, N., & Nagpaul, K. K. (1979). Tectonic Uplift of the Nellore Mica Belt, India, as Revealed by Fission Track Dating Technique. Journal of Geological Society of India, 20(1), 31–36. Retrieved from https://geosocindia.com/index.php/jgsi/article/view/64431

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