New Ar-Ar ages of southern Indian kimberlites and a lamproite and their geochemical evolution

Precambrian Research

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 91-103

  Osborne, Ian ^a   Sherlock, Sarah ^a   Anand, Mahesh ^a,b   Argles, Tom ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Eastern Dharwar Craton; Kimberlite; Lamproite; Proterozoic; Southern India

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KIMBERLITE; LAMPROITE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PROCESS; PETROLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

EID: 79960413037     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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