Geochemistry of pillow basalts from bompoka, andaman-nicobar islands, bay of bengal, india

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-37

  Jafri, S H ^a   Sheikh, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Bompoka island; Geochemistry; islands; Pillow basalts; Quench plagioclase textures; Sunda Burmese forearc, Andaman Nicobar

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CLINOPYROXENE; ENRICHMENT; FOREARC BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PHENOCRYST; PILLOW LAVA; PLAGIOCLASE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; THOLEIITIC BASALT; BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; NICOBARS;

EID: 84877022385     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.11.035     Document Type: Article

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