Plate-plume-accretion tectonics in Proterozoic terrain of northeastern Rajasthan, India: Evidence from mafic volcanic rocks of north Delhi fold belt

Island Arc

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 536-552

  Raza, Mahshar ^a   Khan, Mohd Shamim ^a   Azam, Mohd Safdare ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aravalli; Geochemistry; Indian shield; Plume tectonics; Proterozoic volcanism; Rajasthan

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOLD BELT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE PLUME; OCEAN BASIN; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35948989700     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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