Isotopic and trace element geochemistry of alkalic-mafic-ultramafic-carbonatitic complexes and flood basalts in NE India: Origin in a heterogeneous Kerguelen plume

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-72

  Ghatak, Arundhuti ^a,b   Basu, Asish R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHOPAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRATON; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PLUME; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BANGLADESH; BENGAL; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIA; KERGUELEN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; RAJMAHAL BASIN; SIKKIM; SYLHET;

EID: 84877817807     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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