Magmatic and metamorphic imprints in 2.9Ga chromitites from the Sittampundi layered complex, Tamil Nadu, India

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-107

  Dutta, Upama ^a   Bhui, Uttam K ^a   Sengupta, Pulak ^a   Sanyal, Sanjoy ^a   Mukhopadhyay, D ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Arc magma; Archaean; Chromitite; Sittampundi layered complex

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; ARC MAGMAS; ARCHAEAN; CHROMITITES; SITTAMPUNDI LAYERED COMPLEX;

CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR; GALLIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMITITE; CLINOPYROXENE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METASOMATISM; PLAGIOCLASE; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; TEXTURE; THOLEIITE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; INDIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 79960573145     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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