High-Ti type N-MORB parentage of basalts from the south Andaman ophiolite suite, India

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 605-618

  Srivastava, Rajesh K ^a   Chandra, R ^b   Shastry, Anant ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman ophiolits suite; Geochemistry; High Ti basalt; N MORB

Indexed keywords

BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; PILLOW LAVA;

ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13844275155     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02704025     Document Type: Article

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