Kimberlite from Rajmahal magmatic province: Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic evidence for Kerguelen plume derived magmas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Dayal, A M ^a   Padmakumari, V M ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COMPOSITION; FLOODS; ISOTOPES; THERMAL PLUMES; LEAD; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

INDIA; MAGMA; EASTERN INDIA; FLOOD BASALT; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY;

VOLCANOES; BASALT;

FLOOD BASALT; HOT SPOT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU;

EID: 1242300079     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018462     Document Type: Article

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