Compositional variations in the Mesoarchean chromites of the Nuggihalli schist belt, Western Dharwar Craton (India): Potential parental melts and implications for tectonic setting

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 865-885

  Mukherjee, Ria ^a   Mondal, Sisir K ^a,b,c   Rosing, Minik T ^b   Frei, Robert ^b,d  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archean greenstone belt; Boninite; Chromite; Dharwar Craton; Ferritchromit; India; Komatiite; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BONINITE; CHROMITE; DEFORMATION; GREENSTONE BELT; KOMATIITE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 78249245428     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0511-5     Document Type: Article

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