Komatiite within Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex at Semra, Palamau District, Jharkhand: Petrological and geochemical fingerprints

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 589-606

  Bhattacharya, D K ^a   Mukherjee, D ^b,c   Barla, V C ^d  

^a RANCHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b 202 Manna Surti Complex ^*  (India)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^d VINOBA BHAVE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex; Extensional Regime; Komatiite; Palamau Jharkhand; Plume magmatism; Semra

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GNEISS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KOMATIITE; LHERZOLITE; MAGMATISM; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PHENOCRYST; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCHIST; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; TREMOLITE; ZIRCONIUM;

CHHOTANAGPUR; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; JHARKHAND;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 78651516091     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-010-0120-y     Document Type: Article

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