Petrography and petrochemistry of impact melts from Lonar crater, Buldana district, Maharashtra, India

Indian Minerals

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-26

  Ghosh, Sambhunath ^a   Bhaduri, S K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTRY ROCK; CRATER; DECCAN TRAPS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MELT; PETROGRAPHY;

ASIA; DECCAN; EURASIA; INDIA; LONAR CRATER; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3242716771     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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