Ultramafic-mafic rock ensemble of Mawpyut, Jaintia Hill District, Meghalaya - A preliminary account

Indian Minerals

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 75-84

  Maitra, Monoj ^a   Bhaduri, Sujit K ^b   Pant, Naresh C ^b  

^a Central Drugs Laboratory India   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAFIC ROCK; PETROLOGY; PLUTON; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAINTIA HILL; MEGHALAYA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3242712169     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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