Petrology of Early Cretaceous flood basalts and dykes along the rifted volcanic margin of eastern India

Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-111

  Kent, R W ^a   Saunders, A D ^a   Storey, M ^a,b   Ghose, N C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DYKE; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; RAJMAHAL BASALT GROUP; RIFTED MARGIN;

INDIA, BIHAR;

EID: 0030430349     PISSN: 07439547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0743-9547(96)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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