Mesoproterozoic kimberlites in south India: a possible link to∼ 1.1 Ga global magmatism

A Kumar, LM Heaman, C Manikyamba - Precambrian Research, 2007 - Elsevier
Precambrian kimberlites are relatively rare in the geological record and yet those that do
exist tend to form in relatively narrow windows of geologic time. We report new age …

Mineralogy of the TK1 and TK4 'kimberlites' in the Timmasamudram cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, India: Implications for lamproite magmatism in a field of …

AM Shaikh, SC Patel, S Ravi, D Behera, KL Pruseth - Chemical Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
A mineralogical study of the hypabyssal facies, late Cretaceous macrocrystic pulse of TK1
intrusion and the Mesoproterozoic aphanitic pulse of TK4 intrusion in the Wajrakarur …

[PDF][PDF] Chelima Dykes, Cuddapah Basin, Southern India: a review of the age, petrology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of world's oldest lamproties

NVC Rao - JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, 2007 - researchgate.net
Chelima dykes represent an important phase of igneous activity in the Palaeo-to Meso-
Proterozoic Cuddapah Basin of southern India. These dykes are also widely regarded as a …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Precambrian alkaline potassic-ultrapotassic, mafic-ultramafic magmatism in peninsular India

NVC Rao - Journal of Geological Society of India, 2008 - geosocindia.com
Abstract Potassic-ultrapotassic, mafic-ultramafic (PUMU) alkaline magmas, typified by the
abundance of potassium over sodium, constitute an extremely important alkaline rock group …

Petrology and geochemistry of the Mesoproterozoic Vattikod lamproites, Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India: evidence for multiple enrichment of sub-continental …

D Talukdar, A Pandey, NV Chalapathi Rao… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2018 - Springer
Numerous lamproite dykes are hosted by the Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India,
particularly towards the northwestern margin of the Cuddapah Basin. We present here a …

Petrogenesis of the Mesoproterozoic lamproites from the Krishna valley, eastern Dharwar craton, southern India

NVC Rao, G Kamde, HS Kale, A Dongre - Precambrian Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Petrology and geochemistry of eleven Mesoproterozoic lamproites from the Krishna valley,
Eastern Dharwar craton, are presented. The Krishna lamproites show wide variation in their …

Mantle-derived mafic-ultramafic xenoliths and the nature of Indian sub-continental lithosphere

NR Karmalkar, RA Duraiswami… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Springer
Mantle derived xenoliths in India are known to occur in the Proterozoic ultrapotassic rocks
like kimberlites from Dharwar and Bastar craton and Mesozoic alkali igneous rocks like …

Re–Os isotope study of Indian kimberlites and lamproites: implications for mantle source regions and cratonic evolution

NVC Rao, RA Creaser, B Lehmann, BK Panwar - Chemical Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
We report the first Re–Os isotope data for samples from Mesoproterozoic kimberlite and
lamproite occurrences from the Eastern Dharwar craton and end-Cretaceous Kodomali …

New Ar–Ar ages of southern Indian kimberlites and a lamproite and their geochemical evolution

I Osborne, S Sherlock, M Anand, T Argles - Precambrian Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The kimberlites and lamproites of southern India are thought to have formed in the most
prolific known period of Precambrian ultramafic/ultrapotassic magmatism at around 1100Ma …