Polarity inversion in the Rajmahal lavas, north-east India: Trap emplacement near commencement of the Cretaceous Normal Superchron

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 427-432

  Das, Ashis K ^a,b   Piper, J D A ^b   Bandyopadhyay, G ^a   Mallik, S Basu ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetostratigraphy; Palaeomagnetism; Rajmahal Traps

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS NORMAL SUPERCHRON; GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; RAJMAHAL TRAPS;

INDIA;

EID: 0029730823     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb07030.x     Document Type: Article

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