Potassic rocks from the Gondwana coalfields of India: Closing pandora's box of petrological confusion?

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 505-512

  Mitchell, Roger H ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Craton; Gondwana coalfields; Lamproite; Lamprophyre; Metasomatism; Minette; Potassic rocks

Indexed keywords

CALC ALKALINE ROCK; GONDWANA; LAMPROPHYRE; MAGMATISM; METASOMATISM; MINERALOGY; MINETTE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERALKALINE ROCK; PETROLOGY; POTASSIC ROCK;

AFRICA; ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SINGHBHUM; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547842489     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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