Origin and diamond prospectivity of Mesoproterozoic kimberlites from the Narayanpet field, Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India: Insights from groundmass mineralogy, bulk-chemistry and perovskite oxybarometry

Geological Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 186-212

  Chalapathi Rao, N V ^a   Paton, C ^b   Lehmann, B ^c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diamond; Eastern Dharwar Craton; India; Kimberlite; Narayanpet; Perovskite

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRY; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DIAMOND; EMPLACEMENT; FUGACITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALOGY; PEROVSKITE; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; RADIONUCLIDE; REDOX CONDITIONS; XENOLITH;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84859398787     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1309     Document Type: Article

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