Emplacement of pillow lavas from the ~2.8Ga Chitradurga Greenstone Belt, South India: A physical volcanological, morphometric and geochemical perspective

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 264, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-149

  Duraiswami, Raymond A ^a   Inamdar, Mustaqueem M ^a   Shaikh, Tahira N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Chitradurga Greenstone Belt India; Pillow lavas; Spilitization; Submarine massive sheet flows; Varioles

Indexed keywords

GREENSTONE BELTS; PILLOW LAVAS; SHEETFLOWS; SPILITIZATION; VARIOLES;

ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHERT; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRY; PILLOW LAVA; SHEET FLOW; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VISCOSITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CHITRADURGA; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84884128913     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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