Diamondiferous kimberlites in central India synchronous with Deccan flood basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 142-149

  Lehmann, Bernd ^a   Burgess, Ray ^b   Frei, Dirk ^c   Belyatsky, Boris ^d   Mainkar, Datta ^e   Rao, Nittala V Chalapathi ^a,f   Heaman, Larry M ^g  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^e Directorate of Geology and Mining   (India)

^f BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behradih; Deccan flood basalt; diamond; India; kimberlite; Kodomali

Indexed keywords

BEHRADIH; BREAK-UP; CENTRAL INDIA; EURASIA; FLOOD BASALT; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; MAGMATISMS;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS; LEAD; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; PIPE;

BASALT;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL THINNING; FLOOD BASALT; GONDWANA; INDIAN PLATE; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; PEROVSKITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

DECCAN; EURASIA; INDIA;

EID: 74149084818     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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