Mesoproterozoic U-Pb ages, trace element and Sr-Nd isotopic composition of perovskite from kimberlites of the Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India: Distinct mantle sources and a widespread 1.1Ga tectonomagmatic event

Chemical Geology

Volumn 353, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-64

  Rao, N V Chalapathi ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^b   Mitchell, R H ^c   Li, Qiu Li ^b   Lehmann, B ^d  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Dharwar craton; India; Kimberlite; Perovskite; Sr Nd isotopes; U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

EASTERN DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA; KIMBERLITE; SR-ND ISOTOPES; U-PB AGES;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MINERALS; NEODYMIUM; PEROVSKITE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRONTIUM; URANIUM;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

AGE DETERMINATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PEROVSKITE; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

BUNDELKHAND; DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 84883657364     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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