Enriched subcontinental upper mantle beneath southern India: Evidence from Pb, Nd, Sr, and C-O isotopic studies on Tamil Nadu carbonatites

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1765-1785

  Schleicher, Helmut ^a   Kramm, Ulrich ^b   Pernicka, Ernst ^c   Schidlowski, Manfred ^d   Schmidt, Fatemeh ^e   Subramanian, V ^f   Todt, Wolfgang ^d   Viladkar, Shrivinas G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f Geol Surv India   (India)

^g ST XAVIER S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonatites; Geochemistry; India; Isotope geochemistry; Isotopic analysis; REE; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; UPPER MANTLE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032447842     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.10.1765     Document Type: Article

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