Chromite-silicate chemistry of the Neoarchean Sittampundi Complex, southern India: Implications for subduction-related arc magmatism

Precambrian Research

Volumn 227, Issue , 2013, Pages 259-275

  Dharma Rao, C V ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Sajeev, K ^c   Windley, B F ^d  

^a National Disaster Management Authority   (India)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arc magmatism; Geochemistry; Sittampundi; Southern India; Suprasubduction zone; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; CHROMITE; CHROMITITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIA; SITTAMPUNDI COMPLEX; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84875230315     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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