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Archean Continental Crust Beneath Mauritius, and Low Oxygen Isotopic Compositions from the Malani Rhyolites, Rajasthan, (India): Implication for the Greater Malani Supercontinent with Special Reference to South China, Seychelles and Arabian-Nubian Shield

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Recent discovery of Archean xenocrystic zircons (3.2 Ga) from Mauritius indicating provenance from BGC, Rajasthan (India), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Seychelles, Arabian - Nubian shield and Tarim support the assembly of the Greater Malani Supercontinent. Further, recent oxygen isotopic data of zircons from the Malani Rhyolite terrain, Rajasthan lend support to South China connection with India during late Proterozoic.

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  2. University of Granada, Granada, Spain

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Kochhar, N. (2019). Archean Continental Crust Beneath Mauritius, and Low Oxygen Isotopic Compositions from the Malani Rhyolites, Rajasthan, (India): Implication for the Greater Malani Supercontinent with Special Reference to South China, Seychelles and Arabian-Nubian Shield. In: Rossetti, F., et al. The Structural Geology Contribution to the Africa-Eurasia Geology: Basement and Reservoir Structure, Ore Mineralisation and Tectonic Modelling. CAJG 2018. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01455-1_10

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