Contrasting isotopic mantle sources for proterozoic lamproites and kimberlites from the Cuddapah basin and eastern Dharwar craton: Implication for Proterozoic mantle heterogeneity beneath southern India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 683-694

  Chalapathi Rao, N V ^a,c   Gibson, S A ^b   Pyle, D M ^b   Dickin, A P ^b  

^a Indian Bureau of Mines   (India)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Geochemistry; Isotopes; Kimberlite; Lamproite; Mantle; Petrology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; LAMPROITE; PETROLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0032449294     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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