Early proterozoic melt generation processes beneath the intra-cratonic Cuddapah Basin, Southern India

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2139-2171

  Anand, M ^a   Gibson, S A ^a   Subbarao, K V ^b   Kelley, S P ^c   Dickin, A P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cuddapah Basin; Intra cratonic; Lithosphere; Proterozoic; Rare earth element inversion

Indexed keywords

CRATON; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; THOLEIITE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; CUDDAPAH BASIN; DHARWAR CRATON; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0346282813     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egg073     Document Type: Article

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