Significance of the Archaean bimodal volcanics from the Ramagiri schist belt in the formation of Eastern Dharwar craton

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 563-583

  Mishra, Meenal ^a   Rajamani, V ^b  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Bimodal volcanics; Dharwar craton; Geochemistry; Petrogenesis; Ramagiri schist belt

Indexed keywords

CRATON; MELANGE; SCHIST; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

INDIA;

EID: 0033499163     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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