Petrology and geochemistry of high-titanium and low-titanium mafic dykes from the Damodar valley, Chhotanagpur Gneissic Terrain, eastern India and their relation to Cretaceous mantle plume(s)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-50

  Srivastava, Rajesh K ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a,c   Sinha, Anup K ^b   Chalapathi Rao, N V ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Dr K S Krishnan Geomagnetic Research Laboratory   (India)

^c Geological Survey of India   (India)

Author keywords

Damodar valley; Eastern India; Geochemistry; Kerguelen plume; Mafic dykes; Petrology; R union plume

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAFIC ROCK; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; TERRAIN; TITANIUM;

BIHAR; BOKARO; CHHOTANAGPUR; DECCAN; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; JHARIA; JHARKHAND; KERGUELEN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

EID: 84895920442     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.07.044     Document Type: Article

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