Features and genesis of vein-type magnesite deposit in the Doddakanya area of Karnataka, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 449-465

  Rao, B Krishna ^a   Sethumadhav, M S ^a   Prasad, M Hanuma ^b   Mahabaleshwar, T D ^a   Rao, Ashok V ^a   Gilg, H Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaean ultramafic rocks; C and O isotopes; Doddakanya; Economic geology; Karnataka; Serpentinization; Supergene origin; Vein type magnesite

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; MAGNESITE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SERPENTINIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

INDIA;

EID: 0033232665     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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