1	-	Subba Rao, T. V., Bhaskar Rao, Y. J., Sivaraman, T. V., & Gopalan, K. (1989). Rb-Sr age and petrology of the Elchuru Alkaline Complex: implications to alkaline magmatism in the Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt. Mem. Geol. Soc. India, 15, 207-223.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1334719

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1334719:6

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline-syenite

7.1km (4.4 miles)

ⓘ Settupalle pluton, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

15.7km (9.8 miles)

ⓘ Purimetla, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

26.4km (16.4 miles)

ⓘ Pasupugallu pluton, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

44.9km (27.9 miles)

ⓘ Uppalapadu Pluton, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

References

Madhavan, V., Leelanandam, C. (1988) Petrology of the Elchuru Alkaline Pluton, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal Geological Society of India, 31 (6). 515-537 doi:10.17491/jgsi/1988/310601

Czygan, W., & Goldenberg, G. (1989). Petrography and geochemistry of the alkaline complexes of Sivamalai, Elchuru and Uppalapadu. India. Mem. Geol. Soc. India, 15, 225-240.

Madhavan, V., Mallikharjuna Rao, J., SUBRAHMANYAM K, K. S., & LEELANANDAM, C. (1989). Bedrock geology of the Elchuru alkaline pluton, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. Geol. Soc. India Memoir, 15, 189-205.

Subba Rao, T. V., Bhaskar Rao, Y. J., Sivaraman, T. V., & Gopalan, K. (1989). Rb-Sr age and petrology of the Elchuru Alkaline Complex: implications to alkaline magmatism in the Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt. Mem. Geol. Soc. India, 15, 207-223.

Madhavan, V., MALLIKHARJUNA, R., Balaram, V., & Kumar, R. (1992). Geochemistry and petrogenesis of lamprophyres and associated dykes from Elchuru, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 40(2), 135-149.

Ratnakar, J.; Vijaya Kumar, K. (1995) Petrogenesis of Quartz-Bearing Syenite Occurring Within Nepheline Syenite of the Elchuru Alkaline Complex, Prakasam Province, Andhra Pradesh. Journal Geological Society of India, 46 (6). 611-618 doi:10.17491/jgsi/1995/460605

Upadhyay, D., Raith, M. M., Mezger, K., & Hammerschmidt, K. (2006). Mesoproterozoic rift-related alkaline magmatism at Elchuru, Prakasam alkaline province, SE India. Lithos, 89(3-4), 447-477.

Nag, S., Chakravorty, P. S., Smith, T. E., Huang, C. H. (2007) The petrology and geochemistry of intrusive alkaline rocks of Elchuru, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Geological Journal, 19 (1) 57-76 doi:10.1002/gj.3350190105

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Nepheline-syenite from Elchuru Complex, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Nepheline-syenite from
Elchuru Complex, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India