Mayodia ophiolites of Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern Himalaya

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-604

  Ghosh, Biswajit ^a,b   Mahoney, John ^c   Ray, Jyotisankar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Arunachal Pradesh; Geochemistry; Mayodia ophiolite; Northeastern Himalaya; Petrology; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; COLLISION ZONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PILLOW LAVA; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38649141843     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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