Chromite and PGE deposits of Mesoarchaean ultramafic-mafic suites within the greenstone belts of the Singhbhum craton, India: Implications for mantle heterogeneity and tectonic setting

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-51

  Mondal, Sisir K ^a,b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archaean; Chromite; Greenstone belt; Os isotope; PGE; Plate tectonics; SCLM; Singhbhum craton; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CHROMITE; GONDWANA; GREENSTONE BELT; HETEROGENEITY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROLOGY; PLATE TECTONICS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

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

EID: 60949094385     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-009-0003-2     Document Type: Article

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