Kimberlites, flood basalts and mantle plumes: New insights from the Deccan Large Igneous Province

NVC Rao, B Lehmann - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
A clear-cut temporal and spatial relationship between small-volume, volatile-rich and highly
potassic continental melt fractions, such as kimberlites and related rocks, and large-volume …

[PDF][PDF] Lamprophyres from the Indian shield: A review of their occurrence, petrology, tectonomagmatic significance and relationship with the Kimberlites and related …

NVC Rao, RK Giri, A Sharma… - Episodes Journal of …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Lamprophyres are some of the oldest recognized alkaline rocks and have been studied for
almost the last 150 years. Known for hosting economic minerals such as gold, diamond and …

Precambrian mafic dyke swarms in the Singhbhum craton (eastern India) and their links with dyke swarms of the eastern Dharwar craton (southern India)

RK Srivastava, U Söderlund, RE Ernst, SK Mondal… - Precambrian …, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on trend, cross-cutting relationships and U-Pb dating, Precambrian mafic dykes in the
Singhbhum craton, earlier collectively identified as 'Newer Dolerite Swarm', have been …

Neoarchean-Mesoproterozoic mafic dyke swarms of the Indian Shield mapped using Google Earth™ images and ArcGIS™, and links with large igneous provinces

AK Samal, RK Srivastava, RE Ernst… - Dyke swarms of the World …, 2019 - Springer
We present dyke swarm maps generated using Google Earth™ images, ArcGIS™, field data,
and available geochronological ages of Neoarchean-Mesoproterozoic (ranging in age …

Petrogenesis of end-Cretaceous/Early Eocene lamprophyres from the Deccan Large Igneous Province: Constraints on plume-lithosphere interaction and the post …

R Pandey, A Pandey, NVC Rao, B Belyatsky… - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
We present petrology, geochemistry and radiogenic isotope (Sr and Nd) data of thirteen post-
Deccan lamprophyre dykes in the Narmada rift zone from the Chhotaudepur alkaline …

Kimberlite, lamproite, ultramafic lamprophyre, and carbonatite relationships on the Dharwar Craton, India; an example from the Khaderpet pipe, a diamondiferous …

CB Smith, SE Haggerty, B Chatterjee, A Beard… - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
Are kimberlites, lamproites, ultramafic lamprophyres and carbonatites genetically associated
or not? There are strong opinions for and against any relationship. The 20 Ha Khaderpet …

Geopotential evidence of a missing lithospheric root beneath the eastern Indian shield: An integrated approach

AP Singh, N Kumar, BN Rao, VM Tiwari - Precambrian Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The eastern Indian shield consists of Archaean Singhbhum Craton and Proterozoic
Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex sandwiching the Singhbhum Mobile Belt. Since the …

Aillikites and alkali ultramafic lamprophyres of the Beloziminsky alkaline ultrabasic-carbonatite massif: possible origin and relations with ore deposits

I Ashchepkov, S Zhmodik, D Belyanin, ON Kiseleva… - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The 650–621 Ma plume which impinged beneath the Siberian craton during the breakup of
Rodinia caused the formation of several alkaline carbonatite massifs in craton margins of the …

Petrogenesis of Kerguelen mantle plume-linked Early Cretaceous ultrapotassic intrusive rocks from the Gondwana sedimentary basins, Damodar Valley, Eastern India

NVC Rao, RK Srivastava, AK Sinha, V Ravikant - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Mineral chemistry, bulk-rock geochemistry and radiogenic isotope (Sr and Nd) data of
surface and sub-surface samples of early-Cretaceous Kerguelen mantle plume linked …

Comparative study on sorption characteristics of coal seams from Barakar and Raniganj formations of Damodar Valley Basin, India

S Chattaraj, D Mohanty, T Kumar, G Halder… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The methane retention mechanism in coal seams is markedly different from those of
conventional gas reservoirs. Methane remains mainly as physically adsorbed molecules on …