Geochemical characteristics of Mesoproterozoic metabasite dykes from the Chhotanagpur Gneissic Terrain, eastern India: Implications for their emplacement in a plate margin tectonic environment

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 509-523

  Srivastava, Rajesh K ^a   Sinha, Anup K ^a,b   Kumar, Suresh ^a,c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Dr K S Krishnan Geomagnetic Research Laboratory   (India)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Chhotanagpur gneissic terrain; eastern india; Geochemistry; Mesoproterozoic; Metabasite dykes; Plate margin setting

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; EPIDOTE; GRANITOID; HORNBLENDE; METABASITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; THOLEIITE;

EID: 84860376005     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-012-0172-z     Document Type: Article

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