Precambrian Continental Crust and its Economic Resources

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B.P. Radhakrishna - An appreciation (H. Narian). Preface. Contributors. 1. Concepts and Models. Reflections on the Archaean (W.S. Fyfe). The Nature of the Orthopyroxene Isograd in Precambrian High-Grade Terrain (R.C. Newton). A Thermal Model for the Evolution of the Precambrian Singhbhum Iron Ore Basin of the Indian Shield (S. Bhattacharji and A.K. Saha). A New Look at the Archaean - Proterozoic Boundary Sediments and the Tectonic Setting Constraint (K.C. Condie and D.J. Wronkiewicz). Physico-Chemical Conditions of Metamorphism of the Ancient Fold Belt Complexes (V.V. Fed'kin). On Electrical Structure Beneath the South Indian Shield and its Thermotectonic Significance (U. Raval) 2. Archaean Cratons. Precambrian Crustal Evolution and Metallogeny of South Africa (C.R. Anhaeusser). Structural Styles in the Precambrian Metamorphic Terranes of Peninsular India: A Synthesis (K. Naha and D. Mukhopadhyay). Archaean Sedimentation, Canadian Shield (R.W. Ojakangas). Trace and Rare-Earth Element Geochemistry and Origin of the Closepet Granite, Dharwar Craton, India (V. Divakara Rao, P. Rama Rao, M.V. Subba Rao, P.K. Govil, R.U.M. Rao, J.N. Walsh, M. Thompson and G.R. Reddy). Comparison of Indian and Nubian-Arabian Shields (J.J.W. Rogers). Some Distinctive Trends in the Evolution of the Early Precambrian (Archaean) Dharwar Craton, South India (R. Srinivasan and S.M. Naqvi). Growth of the Precambrian Continental Crust - A Study of the Singhbhum Segment in the Eastern Indian Shield (M.K. Bose). 3. Precambrian Mobile Belts. Geochemistry of an Early Proterozoic Basic Granulite-Gneiss Suite and Petrogenetic Implications, Arunta Inlier, Central Australia (A.Y. Glikson and J. Foden). Evolution of the Precambrian Crust of the Aravalli Mountain Range (A.B. Roy). Metamorphic Evolution of Rocks from Rajasthan Craton, NW Indian Shield (R.S. Sharma). The Tectonic Setting of Mineralization in the Proterozoic Aravalli - Delhi Orogenic Belt, NW India (T.J. Sugden, M. Deb and B.F. Windley). On the Geology of Eastern Ghats of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh (P.K. Banerjee). The Anorthosite Complexes and Proterozoic Mobile Belt of Peninsular India: A Review (C. Leelanandam). 4. Precambrian Basins, Rifts and the Himalaya. Early Proterozoic Tectofacies in Eastern and Northern Finland (K. Laajoki). Carbon Isotope Variation in Cambrian-Proterozoic Rocks: A Case for Secular Global Trend (D.M. Banerjee). Middle Proterozoic Microfossils from Nauhatta Limestone (Lower Vindhayan), Rohtasgarh, India (B.S. Venkatachala, V.K. Yadav and M. Shukla). Precambrian Rifts and Associated Tectonics of Peninsular India (D.C. Mishra). Tectonic Evolution of the Proterozoic in the North China Platform (Sun Dazhong and Lu Songnain). The Precambrian Rocks of the Himalayas (K.S. Valdiya). 5. Economic Resources. The Nature and Occurrence of Mineralisation in the Early Precambrian Crust of Zimbabwe (J.F. Wilson and T.H.C. Nutt).