High Iridium concentration of alkaline rocks of Deccan and implications to K/T boundary

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-110

  Shukla, P N ^a   Bhandari, N ^a   Das, Anirban ^a   Shukla, A D ^a   Ray, J S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaline rocks; Amba dongar; Anjar; Carbonatite; Deccan; Iridium; K t boundary

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DECCAN TRAPS; IRIDIUM;

EID: 0012331444     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702211     Document Type: Article

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