Group Discussion on Kimberlites and Related Rocks of India

Contents: Special lecture: 1. Potassic magmas derived from metasomatised lithospheric mantle: nomenclature and relevance to diamond potential/Roger H. Mitchell. I. Regional reviews: 2. Indian kimberlites and related rocks: petrology and geochemistry/D.K. Paul, S.S. Nayak and N.C. Pant. 3. Kimberlite-Clan-Rocks in India: significance of new Volcanological, Geochemical and Petrological (VGP) observations/Stephen E. Haggerty. 4. Prognostication of primary diamond deposits in India/Felix V. Kaminsky. 5. Geological comparison between India and Southern India and Southern Africa-implications for diamond exploration/R.P. Viljoen. 6. Kimberlite, Lamproite and related rock studies in India: present status, key issues and future prospects/N.V. Chalapathi Rao. 7. Structural and tectonic perspectives of Kimberlites and related rocks in the Indian Peninsula/T.R.K. Chetty. 8. Lineament tectonics and emplacement of Kimberlite suite of rocks in Peninsular India/K.S. Misra. II. Dharwar craton: 9. Diamond prospects in Andhra Pradesh - a review/T.K. Rau, S. Ravi, V. Srinivas Chowdary, K.S. Bhaskara Rao, N.S. Reddy, M. Sridhar and K.K. Sinha. 10. Diamond fertility and architecture of Dharwar Craton/Saurabh K. Verma. 11. Geology and tectonic setting of Kimberlites of Dharwar craton/S.S. Nayak, S. Ravi, M. Sridhar, N.S. Reddy, V.S. Chowdary, K.S. Bhaskara Rao, K.K. Sinha and T.K. Rao. 12. Discovery of a new Kimberlite Cluster - Timmasamudram Kimberlite Cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite field, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh/V. Srinivas Chowdary, T.K. Rau, K.S. Bhaskara Rao, M. Sridhar and K.K. Sinha. 13. Discovery of a new Kimberlite field - the Tungabhadra Kimberlite field, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh/S. Ravi, T.K. Rau, N.S. Reddy and S.S. Nayak. 14. Bodasanipalle Kimberlite Pipe (P-14) - a new addition to Wajrakaruru Kimberlite field, Anantapur District, A.P./T.K. Rau, M. Kesava Mani, V.S. Chowdary and K.K. Sinha. 15. The discovery of Kimberlites in the Gulbarga and Raichur Districts of Karnata/Mike Lynn. 16. Exploration for diamondiferous Kimberlites in the Eastern Dharwar Craton/Biplob Chatterjee. 17. Diamond bearing carbonatite-Kimberlite Association from Wajrakarur Kimberlite field, Andhra Pradesh/Biplop Chatterjee. 18. Kimberlites of Raichur Kimberlite Field, Raichur District, Karnataka, Southern India/S. Shivanna, J.K. Srivastava and A.R. Nambiar. 19. Discovery of a new Lamproite Field-Ramadugu Lampoite Field(RLF), Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh/M. Sridhar and T.K. Rau. 20. Petrology and geochemistry of the Kimberlites of Dharwar craton/S.S. Nayak, S. Ravi, N.S. Reddy and T.K. Rau. 21. Geology and petrology of the Lamproite occurance in Andhra Pradesh/T. Ajit Kumar Reddy and S. Ravi. 22. The Chelima Dykes, Cuddapah Basin, Southern India: review of age, petrology, geochemistry and petrogenensis of the world\'s oldest Lamproites/N.V. Chalapathi Rao. 23. A preliminary report on the occurrence of Manganoan-Ilmenite in Kimberlites of Karnataka/A.R. Nambiar, S. Shivanna and J.K. Srivastava. 24. Geochemistry and petrogenesis of Gadwal Kimberlites, Eastern Dharwar Craton, India/C. Manikyamba, Tarun C. Khanna, D.V. Subba Rao, S.N. Charan and T.G. Rao. 25. Occurrence pattern of Kimberlite pipes as reflected in gravity and magnetic anomalies/A. Vasanthi and K. Mallick. 26. Integrated geological-geochemical-geophysical criteria to distinguish between diamond bearing and barren Kimberlite bodies in India/T.M. Babu. 27. Is megacrystic/xenocrystic Ilmenite entrainment in the source magma responsible for the non-diamondiferous nature of the Maddur-Kotakonda-Narayanpet Kimberlites in the Eastern Dharwar Craton?/A. Dongre, G. Kamde, N.V. Chalapathi Rao and H.S. Kale. 28. Sub-continental lithospheric mantle structure of the Eastern Dharwar craton, Southern India at 1.1 Ga : study of garnet xenocrysts from Kimberlites/E.V.S.S.K. Babu, W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O\'Reilly and N.J. Pearson. 29. Olivine-hosted melt inclusions and serpentine-hosted aqueous fluids in diamond bearing kimberlites from Wajrakarur, Andhra Pradesh, India/C. Srikantappa, Fareeduddin and M.N. Malathi. 30. Primary source rocks for diamonds in Banaganapalle conglomerate (Kurnool Group) - a critical appraisal/T.K. Rau, N.S. Reddy, S. Ravi, M. Sridhar, V.S. Chowdary and K.S. Bhaskara Rao. 31. Morphological characters of diamonds from Southern India/S.V. Satyanarayana, S.S. Nayak, K.S. Bhaskara Rao and K. Sivaji. III. Bastar Craton: 32. Status of diamond exploration in Central India/V.P. Mishra and B.K. Mishra. 33. Crustal evolution in bastar craton preceding Kimberlite and related magmatism/H.M. Ramachandra. 34. Geochemistry and origin of the proterozoic Kimberlites, ultramafic and ultrapotassic magmatic rocks from Indravati Basin in Bastar Craton Central India/P.S. Dhote, D.V. Subba Rao and S. Nirmal Charan. 35. An integrated approach for searching KCR bodies in the Eastern part of the Bastar craton/S.K. Chelani, S.K. Shrivastava, S.P. Venkata Dasu, A. Thiruvengadam, K.N. Keshavamurthy and R. Bhaisal. 36. Petrologic evolution of the Kodomali kimberlite, Mainpur Kimberlite Field, Chhattisgarh, Central India/Fareeduddin, N.C. Pant and S. Neogi. 37. Petrogenesis of Kodomali kimberlite, Mainpur Kimberlite field, Raipur Dist., Chhattisgarh/Marathe Tanuuja. 38. Evidence for a phanerozoic (478 MA) diamondiferous kimberlite emplacement epoch in the Indian shield from 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Kodomali Kimberlite: implications for pan-African Thermo-tectonic imprints in the bastar craton and rodinia tectonics/N.V. Chalapathi Rao, R. Burgess, M. Anand and D. Mainkar. 39. Archean primary source for the diamonds in the Wairagarh area, Garchiroil District, Maharashtra/N.V. Chalapathi Rao, M. Hanuma Prasad and V.N. Vasudev. IV. Aravalli-Bundelkhand Craton: 40. Majhgawan Diamondiferous pipe, Madhya Pradesh, India: Is it a group-I Kimberlite or orangeite (Group-II Kimberlite) or a lamproite?/Abhijeet Mukherjee, A.K. Gupta and E.V.S.S.K. Babu. 41. Group II Kimberlite or orangeite?: no final verdict in sight/V. Madhavan. 42. Transitional kimberlites (Majhgawanites): a case for the recognition of new primary diamond source rock/N.V. Chalapathi Rao. 43. Interpretation of aeromagnetic data of Panna and adjoining areas for evaluating of structural patterns favourable for emplacement of KCRs and estimation of depths of magnetic bodies/Rajendra Sharma, Ch. V.V.S. Murthy, B.V. Nagaraju H.C. Gouda and R.K. Singh. 44. The Jungel valley re-visited: evidence from the Lamprophyres for the presence of a Paleoproterozoic carbonate-rich metasomatised mantle in the Mahakoshal supracrustal belt, Central India/Rajesh K. Srivastava and N. V. Chalapathi Rao. 45. Primary source rocks for placer diamonds (proterozoic, quaternary and recent) in Panna diamond belt, Madhya Pradesh - a critical review/T.K. Rau. V. Gondwana Coal Field: 46. Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions of Group II kimberlites from Eastern India/Anil Kumar. VI. Northeastern region: 47. Early cretaceous lamprophyre dykes from nongchram fault zone, Meghalaya, Northeastern India/A.R. Nambiar. 48. Ancient diamond mines vis-a-vis current diamond exploration in India/S.V. Satyanarayana and S.S. Nayak. VII. Mining, geochemistry and experimental petrology: 49. An approach to early assessment of diamond pipes to expedite decision on mine development/A.K. Chatterjee. 50. Determination of trace and REE in Kimberlite and related rocks by ICP-MS/Parijat Roy, V. Balaram, M. Satyanarayanan and Anil Kumar. 51. Hydrothermal synthesis of Nanosized crystals of diamond under sub natural conditions/B. Basavalingu and K. Byrappa.