Plume generated mesoproterozoic mafic-ultramafic magmatism in the Chotanagpur mobile belt of Eastern Indian shield margin

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 725-740

  Ghose, N C ^a,b   Mukherjee, D ^a   Chatterjee, N ^c  

^a PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MIT ^*  (India)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chotanagpur gneiss granulite complex; Eastern India; Intracratonic magmatism; Mafic ultramafics; Mantle plume; Mesoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; PROTEROZOIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN SHIELD; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 30344488121     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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