Trace element and isotopic evidence for Archean basement in the Lonar crater impact breccia, Deccan Volcanic Province

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 197-211

  Chakrabarti, Ramananda ^a   Basu, Asish R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

basaltic target rock; impact breccia; meteorite impact crater; Nd Sr Pb isotopes; trace element geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN BASEMENT ROCKS; IMPACT BRECCIA ROCKS; LONAR IMPACT CRATER; MID-PROTEROZOIC CRATONIC ROCKS;

BASALT; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLAR SYSTEM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

VOLCANOES;

ARCHEAN; BASALT; BRECCIA; CRATER; IMPACT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METEORITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; DECCAN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745678773     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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