Mineral compositions and petrogenetic evolution of the ultramafic-alkaline - carbonatitic complex of sung valley, Northeastern India

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 205-229

  Melluso, Leone ^a   Srivastava, Rajesh K ^b   Guarino, Vincenza ^a   Zanetti, Alberto ^c   Sinha, Anup K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Clinopyroxene; Garnet; India; LA ICP MS data; Mineral compositions; Perovskite; Sung valley complex; Titanite; Trace elements; Ultramafic alkaline rocks

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCKS; CARBONATITES; CLINOPYROXENE; CLINOPYROXENES; LA-ICP-MS; LA-ICP-MS DATA; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERAL COMPOSITIONS;

ALKALINITY; CHROMIUM; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LANDFORMS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NEPHELINE SYENITE; OLIVINE; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MINERALS;

ALKALINE ROCK; CARBONATITE; CLINOPYROXENE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRETACEOUS; FELSIC ROCK; GARNET; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PEROVSKITE; PETROGENESIS; TITANITE; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

INDIA; MEGHALAYA; SUNG VALLEY;

EID: 77951738785     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.48.1.205     Document Type: Article

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