Chelima dykes, Cuddapah Basin, southern India: A review of the age, petrology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of world's oldest lamproites

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 523-538

  Chalapathi Rao, N V ^a  

^a Mineralogy Section   (India)

Author keywords

Chelima; Cuddapah Basin; Diamond; Dyke; Geochemistry; Lamproite; Petrology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIAMOND; DIKE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAMPROITE; MOBILE BELT; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; CUDDAPAH BASIN; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547829235     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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