Geochemical and Nd, Pb, and Sr Isotope Data from Deccan Alkaline Complexes - Inferences for Mantle Sources and Plume-Lithosphere Interaction

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 1847-1864

  Simonetti, A ^a,b,c,d   Goldstein, S L ^a   Schmidberger, S S ^a   Viladkar, S G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST XAVIER S COLLEGE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Deccan province; Lithosphere; Mantle plume; R union

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; CARBONATITE; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS;

INDIA;

EID: 0032454370     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.11-12.1847     Document Type: Article

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