Neoproterozoic arc magmatism in the southern Madurai block, India: Subduction, relamination, continental outbuilding, and the growth of Gondwana

M Santosh, CN Hu, XF He, SS Li, T Tsunogae… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Madurai Block in southern India is a composite collage of at least three sub-
blocks, with Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic segments in the north and central domains, and …

[PDF][PDF] Proterozoic Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of Peninsular India: A review

D Paul, J Chandra, M Halder - Episodes, 2020 - academia.edu
Alkaline igneous rocks, defined in terms of their total alkali (Na2O+ K2O) and SiO2
compositions, include a wide range of rocks that contain modal/normative alkali-rich …

Growth and evolution of Precambrian continental crust in the southwestern Tarim terrane: New evidence from the ca. 1.4 Ga A-type granites and Paleoproterozoic …

XT Ye, CL Zhang, M Santosh, J Zhang, XK Fan… - Precambrian …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Precambrian tectonic evolution and growth of continental crust in the southwestern
Tarim Craton in NW China remain enigmatic. In this contribution, we report petrography …

Magma mixing and crust–mantle interaction in the Triassic monzogranites of Bikou Terrane, central China: Constraints from petrology, geochemistry, and zircon U–Pb …

LQ Yang, J Deng, KF Qiu, XZ Ji, M Santosh… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs) are common in the monzogranites from the Yangba
pluton in the Bikou Terrane of central China. Zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb dating yields ages of …

Cryogenian alkaline magmatism in the Southern Granulite Terrane, India: Petrology, geochemistry, zircon U–Pb ages and Lu–Hf isotopes

M Santosh, QY Yang, MR Mohan, T Tsunogae, E Shaji… - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Granulite Terrane (SGT) in India preserves the records of the
formation and recycling of continental crust from Mesoarchean through Paleoproterozoic to …

Petrogenesis of Mediterranean lamproites and associated rocks: The role of overprinted metasomatic events in the post-collisional lithospheric upper mantle

M Casalini, R Avanzinelli, S Tommasini, C Natali… - 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
High-MgO lamproite and lamproite-like (ie lamprophyric) ultrapotassic rocks are recurrent in
the Mediterranean and surrounding regions. They are associated in space and time with …

Zircon U–Pb geochronology and Lu–Hf isotopes from the Kolar greenstone belt, Dharwar Craton, India: Implications for crustal evolution in an ocean-trench-continent …

QY Yang, M Santosh - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dharwar Craton in southern India is composed of Neoarchean greenstone
successions in association with banded iron formations (BIFs), felsic volcanics and …

Magma mixing in Neoarchean granite from Nalgonda region, Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: Morphological, mineralogical and geochemical evidences

S Shukla, MR Mohan - Journal of Earth System Science, 2019 - Springer
We present field, petrographic, mineralogical and whole-rock geochemical data for part of
the Neoarchean granite and associated microgranular enclaves (MEs) occur in the …

Crustal recycling through intraplate magmatism: Evidence from the Trans-North China Orogen

XF He, M Santosh - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) preserves the history of crustal growth and craton
formation during the early Precambrian followed by extensive lithospheric thinning and …

[HTML][HTML] Olivine composition of calcite-carbonatite from Sevvattur carbonatite alkaline complex, Dharmapuri Rift Zone, Southern Granulite Terrain, India

T Meshram, K Randive - Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 2024 - Elsevier
Olivine in carbonatites worldwide is mainly of Mg-rich composition (forsterite: Fo 85 and Fo
99). However, the occurrence of fayalite (Fo< 50) is extremely rare except few localities. The …