Late Archaean mantle fertility : Constraints from metavolcanics of the Sandur schist belt, India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-89

  Manikyamba, C ^a   Naqvi, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Archaean; Geochemistry; Mantle fertility; Metavolcanics; Sandur schist belt

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; OCEANIC CRUST; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCHIST;

INDIA;

EID: 0010398474     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70006-X     Document Type: Article

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