Mafic dyke magmatism around the Cuddapah Basin: Age constraints, petrological characteristics and geochemical inference for a possible magma chamber on the southwestern margin of the basin

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-206

  Radhakrishna, T ^a   Krishnendu, N R ^a   Balasubramonian, G ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Cuddapah Basin; Geochemistry; Mafic dykes; Petrology; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DIKE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA FLOW; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILL;

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

EID: 38149037159     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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