Characterization and origin of silicic and alkali-rich glasses in the Upper mantle-derived spinel peridotite xenoliths from alkali basalts, Deccan Trap, Kutch, northwest India

Current Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 386-392

  Karmalkar, N R ^a   Sarma, Porittran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

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