Carbonate xenoliths hosted by the Mesoproterozoic Siddanpalli Kimberlite Cluster (Eastern Dharwar craton): Implications for the geodynamic evolution of southern India and its diamond and uranium metallogenesis

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1791-1804

  Chalapathi Rao, N V ^a,b   Anand, M ^c,d   Dongre, A ^e   Osborne, I ^c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Science   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonate xenoliths; Diamond; India; Kimberlite; Mesoproterozoic; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DIAMOND; EMPLACEMENT; GEODYNAMICS; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATISM; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; UPLIFT; URANIUM; XENOLITH;

ANDHRA PRADESH; BHIMA BASIN; DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA; KARNATAKA; KURNOOL; RAICHUR;

EID: 78349292936     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0484-7     Document Type: Article

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