Early Cretaceous Sung Valley ultramafic-alkaline-carbonatite complex, Shillong Plateau, northeastern India: Petrological and genetic significance

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 241-263

  Srivastava, Rajesh K ^a   Sinha, A K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CRETACEOUS; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1942469348     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-003-0025-1     Document Type: Article

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