Petrogenetic implications of ophiolitic chromite from Rutland Island, Andaman - A boninitic parentage in supra-subduction setting

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 59-70

  Ghosh, Biswajit ^a   Pal, Tapan ^a   Bhattacharya, Anindya ^a   Das, Dipankar ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; CHROMITE; CUMULATE; OLIVINE; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; SPINEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ENGLAND; RUTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 64449087410     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-008-0039-9     Document Type: Article

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