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Ultramafic volcaniclastics of the Precambrian Dalma Volcanic Belt, Singhbhum, Eastern India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. Gupta ,
A. Basu  and
P. K. Ghosh
A. Gupta
Affiliation:
80 Circular Road, Dinapore, Cantonment, India
A. Basu
Affiliation:
80 Circular Road, Dinapore, Cantonment, India
P. K. Ghosh
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Patna, Patna, India
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Summary

The Dalma volcanic belt in the Precambrian Eastern Indian shield is composed of a thick sequence of volcani-sedimentary assemblage with a group of predominantly ultramafic volcaniclastics having komatiitic chemistry. A volcanic origin is suggested by textural relationships and mineralogical composition, together with the presence of devitrified glass shards; these rocks are now mostly chlorite-tremolite schist.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 119 , Issue 5 , September 1982 , pp. 505 - 510
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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