Limestone xenolith in Siddanpalli kimberlite, Gadwal granite-greenstone terrain, Eastern Dharwar craton, Southern India: Remnant of proterozoic platformal cover sequence of Bhima/Kurnool age?

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-191

  Dongre, A ^a   Chalapathi Rao, N V ^a,b   Kamde, G ^a,c  

^a Institute of Science   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CRATON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; GREENSTONE; KIMBERLITE; LIMESTONE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

ASIA; DHARWAR CRATON; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 42949150889     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/529154     Document Type: Article

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