Plume-rift interaction in the Deccan volcanic province

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 179-187

  Sheth, H C ^a   Chandrasekharam, D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000198968     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03220-7     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Arndt, N.T. and Christensen, U., 1992. The role of lithospheric mantle in continental flood volcanism: thermal and geochemical constraints. J. Geophys. Res., 97: 10967-10981.
2. Arndt, N.T., Czamanke, G.K., Wooden, J.L. and Fedorenko, V.A., 1993. Mantle and crustal contributions to continental flood volcanism. Tectonophysics, 223: 39-52.
3. Bailey, D.K., 1982. Mantle metasomatism - continuing chemical change within the Earth. Nature, 296: 525-530.
4. Baksi, A.K., 1994. Geochronological studies on whole-rock basalts, Deccan Traps, India: evaluation of the timing of volcanism related to the K-T boundary. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 121: 43-56.
5. Barberi, F., Santacroe, R. and Varet, J., 1982. Chemical aspects of rift magmatism. In: G. Palmason (Editor), Continental and Oceanic Rifts. Am. Geophys. Union, Washington, DC, pp. 223-258.
6. Basu, A.R., Renne, P.R., Dasgupta, D.K., Teichmann, F. and Poreda, R.J., 1993. Early and late alkali igneous pulses and a high-3He plume origin for the Deccan flood basalts. Science, 261: 902-906.
7. Beane, J.E., Turner, C.A., Hooper, P.R., Subbarao, K.V. and Walsh, J.N., 1986. Stratigraphy, composition and form of the Deccan Basalts, Western Ghats, India. Bull. Volcan., 48: 61-83.
8. Bose, M.K., 1980. Alkaline magmatism in the Deccan volcanic province. J. Geol. Soc. Ind., 21: 317-329.
9. Burke, K.C. and Dewey, J.F., 1973. Plume-generated triple junctions: key indicators in applying plate tectonics to old rocks. J. Geol., 81: 406-433.
10. Campbell, I.H. and Griffiths, R.W., 1990. Implications of mantle plume structure for the evolution of flood basalts. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 99: 79-93.
11. Campbell, I.H. and Jarvis, G.T., 1984. Mantle convection and early crustal evolution. Precamb. Res., 26: 15-56.
12. Chandra, U., 1977. Earthquakes of peninsular India - a seismotectonic study. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 67: 1387-1413.
13. Chen, C.-Y. and Frey, F.A., 1985. Trace element and isotope geochemistry of lavas from Haleakala volcano East Maui, Hawaii: implications for the origin of Hawaiian basalts. J. Geophys. Res., 90: 8743-8768.
14. Clague, D.A. and Dalrymple, G.B., 1987. The Hawaiian-Emperor volcanic chain. Part 1. Geologic evolution. USGS Prof. Pap. 1350, pp. 5-54.
15. Courtillot, V., Besse, J., Vandamme, D., Montigny, R., Jaeger, J.-J. and Cappetta, H., 1986. Deccan flood basalts at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 80: 361-374.
16. Courtillot, V., Féraud, G., Maluski, H., Vandamme, D., Moreau, M.G. and Besse, J., 1988. Deccan flood basalts and the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Nature, 333: 843-846.
17. Cox, K.G., 1989. The role of mantle plumes in the development of continental drainage patterns. Nature, 342: 873-877.
18. Danes, Z.F., 1981. Geophysical studies on Columbia River basalt province. In: K.V. Subbarao and R.N. Sukheswala (Editors), Deccan Volcanism. Mem. Geol. Soc. Ind., 3: 165-183.
19. Devey, C.W. and Stephens, W.E., 1992. Deccan-related magmatism west of the Seychelles-India rift. In: B.C. Storey, T. Alabaster and R.J. Pankhurst (Editors), Magmatism and the Causes of Continental Break-Up. Geol. Soc. Sp. Publ., 68: 271-291.
20. Duncan, R.A. and Pyle, D.G., 1988. Rapid eruption of the Deccan flood basalts at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Nature, 333: 841-843.
21. Frey, F.A. and Roden, M.F., 1987. The mantle source for the Hawaiian islands: constraints from the lavas and ultramafic inclusions. In: M.A. Menzies and C.J. Hawkesworth (Editors), Mantle Metasomatism. Academic Press Ltd, pp. 423-463.
22. Gallagher, K. and Hawkesworth, C.J., 1992. Dehydration melting and the generation of continental flood basalts. Nature, 358: 57-59.
23. Griffiths, R.W. and Campbell, I.H., 1990. Stirring and structure in mantle starting plumes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 99: 66-78.
24. Hooper, P.R., 1990. The timing of crustal extension and the eruption of continental flood basalts. Nature, 345: 246-249.
25. Javoy, M. and Courtillot, V., 1989. Intense acidic volcanism at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 94: 409-416.
26. Kaila, K.L., Murty, P.R.K., Rao, V.K. and Kharetchko, G.E., 1981. Crustal structure from deep seismic soundings along the Koyna II (Kelsi-Loni) profile in the Deccan Trap area, India. Tectonophysics, 73: 365-384.
27. Krishnamurthy, P. and Cox, K.G., 1977. Picrite basalts and related lavas from the Deccan Traps of western India. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 62: 53-75.
28. Krishnamurthy, P. and Cox, K.G., 1980. A potassium-rich alkalic suite from the Deccan Traps, Rajpipla, India. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 73: 179-189.
29. Krishnaswamy, V.S., 1981. The Deccan volcanic episode, related tectonism and geothermal manifestations. In: K.V. Subbarao and R.N. Sukheswala (Editors), Deccan Volcanism. Mem. Geol. Soc. Ind., 3: 1-7.
30. LeCheminant, A.N. and Heaman, L.M., 1989. Mackenzie igneous events, Canada: Middle Proterozoic hotspot magmatism associated with ocean opening. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 96: 38-48.
31. Mahoney, J.J., Macdougall, J.D., Lugmair, G.W., Gopalan, K. and Krishnamurthy, P., 1985. Origin of contemporaneous tholeiitic and K-rich alkalic lavas: a case study from the northern Deccan Plateau, India. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 72: 39-53.
32. Menzies, M.A. and Hawkesworth, C.J. (Editors), 1987. Mantle Metasomatism. Academic Press Ltd., London.
33. Morgan, W.J., 1972. Plate motions and deep mantle convection. Geol. Soc. Am. Mem., 132: 7-22.
34. Morgan, W.J., 1978. Rodriguez, Darwin, Amsterdam,.., a second type of hotspot island. J. Geophys. Res., 83: 5355-5360.
35. Morgan, W.J., 1981. Hotspot tracks and the opening of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. In: C. Emiliani (Editor), The Sea. Vol. 7, Wiley, New York, pp. 443-487.
36. Naqvi, S.M., Rao, V.D. and Narain, H., 1974. The protocontinental growth of the Indian shield and the antiquity of its rift valleys. Precamb. Res., 1: 345-398.
37. Ramanathan, S., 1981. Some aspects of Deccan volcanism of western Indian shelf and Cambay basin. In: K.V. Subbarao and R.N. Sukheswala (Editors), Deccan Volcanism. Mem. Geol. Soc. Ind., 3: 198-217.
38. Schilling, J.G., Thompson, G., Kingsley, R. and Humphris, S., 1985. Hotspot-migrating ridge interaction in the South Atlantic. Nature, 313: 187-191.
39. Sen, G. and Cohen, T.H., 1994. Deccan intrusion, crustal extension, doming and the size of the Deccan-Réunion plume head. In: K.V. Subbarao (Editor), Volcanism. Wiley Eastern Ltd., pp. 201-216.
40. Tolan, T.L., Reidel, S.P., Beeson, M.H., Anderson, J.L., Fecht, K.R. and Swanson, D.A., 1989. Revisions to the estimates of the areal extent and volume of the Columbia River Basalt Group. In: S.P. Reidel and P.R. Hooper (Editors), Volcanism and Tectonism in the Columbia River Flood Basal Province. Geol. Soc. Am. Sp. Pap., 239: 1-20.
41. Vandamme, D., Courtillot, V., Besse, J. and Montigny, R., 1991. Palaeomagnetism and age determinations of the Deccan Traps (India): results of a Nagpur-Bombay traverse and review of earlier work. Rev. Geophys., 29: 159-190.
42. Venkatesan, T.R., Pande, K. and Gopalan, K., 1993. Did Deccan volcanism pre-date the Cretaceous/Tertiary transition? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 119: 181-189.
43. Viswanathan, S. and Chandrasekharam, D., 1981. Geochemical comparison of the Siberian and Deccan Traps. In: K.V. Subbarao and R.N. Sukheswala (Editors), Deccan Volcanism. Mem. Geol. Soc. Ind., 3: 460-471.
44. Vogt, P.R., 1976. Plumes, sub-axial pipe flow, and topography along the mid-oceanic ridge. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 29: 309-325.
45. Watts, A.B. and Cox, K.G., 1989. The Deccan Traps: an interpretation in terms of progressive lithospheric flexure in response to a migrating load. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 93: 85-97.
46. White, R.S. and McKenzie, D., 1989. Magmatism at rift zones. The generation of volcanic continental margins and flood basalts. J. Geophys. Res., 94: 7685-7729.
47. White, R.S. and McKenzie, D., 1995. Mantle plumes and flood basalts. J. Geophys. Res., 100: 17543-17585.
48. Wyllie, P.J., 1988. Solidus curves, mantle plumes and magma generation beneath Hawaii. J. Geophys. Res., 93: 4171-4181.