Composition of smectites in the Lameta sediments of central India: Implications for the commencement of Deccan volcanism

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 555-560

  Salil, M S ^a   Pattanayak, S K ^a   Shrivastava, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Central India; Deccan Basalt; Lameta sediments; Smectite

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; SMECTITE; VOLCANIC ROCK; WEATHERING;

INDIA, MADHYA PRADESH, JABALPUR, NARMADA VALLEY;

EID: 0030480667     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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