Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Bengal Anorthosite Massif in the Chotanagpur Gneissic Complex at the eastern Indian shield margin

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-277

  Ghose, Naresh C ^a,f   Chatterjee, Nilanjan ^b   Mukherjee, Dipankar ^c   Kent, Ray W ^d   Saunders, A D ^e  

^a PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Bengal anorthosite; Chotanagpur Gneissic Complex; Cyclic layers; Damodar Graben; Labradorite

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; CLINOPYROXENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COUNTRY ROCK; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANULITE; GRANULITE FACIES; HORNBLENDE; LABRADORITE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MEGACRYST; MINERALOGY; P-T CONDITIONS; PARENT BODY;

ASIA; BIHAR; CHOTANAGPUR; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 54249148630     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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