Petrology, geochemistry and genesis of newly discovered Mesoproterozoic highly magnesian, calcite-rich kimberlites from Siddanpalli, Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Products of subduction-related magmatic sources?

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 313-328

  Rao, N V Chalapathi ^a,b   Dongre, A ^c   Kamde, G ^d   Srivastava, Rajesh K ^a   Sridhar, M ^e   Kaminsky, F V ^f  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Institute of Science   (India)

^d RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^f KM Diamond Exploration Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; MAGMA; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 77950523152     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-009-0085-y     Document Type: Article

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