Plume related (?) acid volcanic activity in St. Mary's Islands, South Kanara District, Karnataka

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-52

  Hegde, V S ^a   Kanchanagouri Gosavi, D ^a  

^a SDM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid volcanic activity; Columnar structure; Geochemistry; Karnataka; Petrogenesis; Plume related; Rhyolite dacite; South Kanara District; St. Mary's Island

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINOPYROXENE; DACITE; ENRICHMENT; FRACTIONATION; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PLUME; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RHYOLITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SAINT MARYS ISLANDS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548600018     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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