The Manamedu Complex: Geochemical constraints on Neoproterozoic suprasubduction zone ophiolite formation within the Gondwana suture in southern India

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 268-285

  Yellappa, T ^a   Chetty, T R K ^a   Tsunogae, T ^b   Santosh, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Island arc tholeiites; Mozambique Ocean; Ophiolite; Palghat Cauvery Suture Zone; Southern India; Suprasubduction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DUNITE; GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PROTEROZOIC; PYROXENITE; RODINIA; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITE;

INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KERALA; MOZAMBIQUE BASIN; PALGHAT;

EID: 77954659729     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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