Recent Studies on Volcanic Materials and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior - An Indian Perspective

Abstract

We made an attempt to review salient recent research since last five years on the physicochemical aspects of volcanic and mantle-derived material, from the Indian context. The Review essentially confines itself to the rock types of basalts and mafic dykes, kimberlites, lamproites, lamprophyres, and carbonatites with a focus on their regional representation from the various domains of the Indian shield in a chronological sequence. This is a part of academic task of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior of International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).