Indian intraplate and continental margin rifting, lithospheric extension, and mantle upwelling in deccan flood basalt volcanism near the K/T boundary: Evidence from mafic dike swarms

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 379-398

  Bhattacharji, S ^a   Chatterjee, N ^a,b   Wampler, J M ^a,c   Nayak, P N ^a,d   Deshmukh, S S ^a,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FLOOD BASALT; MANTLE PLUME; RIFTING; THOLEIITE; VOLCANISM;

INDIA, DECCAN TRAPS;

EID: 0030473150     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629835     Document Type: Article

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