A new find of younger dolerite dykes with continental flood basalt affinity from the meso-neoproterozoic Chhattisgarh Basin, Bastar craton, Central India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-84

  Subba Rao, D V ^a   Khan, M W Y ^b   Sridhar, D N ^a   Naga Raju, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Basaltic dykes; Chhattisgarh Basin; Continental flood basalt; Geochemistry

Indexed keywords

DIABASE; DIKE; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; PIGEONITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; THOLEIITIC BASALT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; BASTAR CRATON; CHHATTISGARH; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847103039     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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