Re-Os isotope study of Indian kimberlites and lamproites: Implications for mantle source regions and cratonic evolution

Chemical Geology

Volumn 353, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-47

  Chalapathi Rao, N V ^a   Creaser, R A ^b   Lehmann, B ^c   Panwar, B K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

India; Kimberlite; Lamproite; Orangeite; Proterozoic; Re Os

Indexed keywords

INDIA; KIMBERLITE; LAMPROITE; ORANGEITE; PROTEROZOIC; RE-OS;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

OSMIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; LAMPROITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 84883655461     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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