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| Paper Type | : | Research Paper |
| Title | : | Diamondiferous Kimberlite-Clan Magmatism of Central India: Location, Emplacement Type and Period of the Majhgawan, Bunder and Behradih Diamond Fields (Bundelkhand and Bastar Cratons), with a Comparative Analysis and Future Prospects |
| Country | : | India |
| Authors | : | Vijay Kumar Soni || Ratnesh Kumar Dixit |
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: | 10.9790/0990-1405010107  |
Abstract: A Central India hosts the country's three most important primary diamond fields, distributed across two Archaean cratons: the Majhgawan-Hinota diatremes (Panna district) and the Bunder (Saptarshi) lamproite cluster (Chhatarpur district) on the Bundelkhand Craton, and the Behradih pipe of the Mainpur Kimberlite Field (Gariaband district, Chhattisgarh) on the Bastar Craton. This paper reviews their locations, geological settings, emplacement types and emplacement periods, and develops a three-way comparative analysis followed by an assessment of future prospects. The Bundelkhand fields are Mesoproterozoic: phlogopite Ar-Ar and Rb-Sr ages of ~1073.5 ± 13.7 Ma.....
Keywords: Bundelkhand Craton; Bastar Craton; Majhgawan; Bunder; Behradih; Mainpur Kimberlite Field; orangeite; lamproite; diamond; Deccan Traps; future prospects
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