The influence of Deccan volcanism on climate: Insights from lacustrine intertrappean deposits, Anjar, Western India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 141-149

  Khadkikar, A S ^a   Sant, D A ^a   Gogte, V ^b   Karanth, R V ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

Author keywords

Anjar; Aridity; Chert; Cretaceous; Deccan Traps; I ndia; K T; Lakes; Lameta; Maastrichtian; Palaeoclimate; Sepiolite

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; VOLCANISM;

INDIA;

EID: 0033104926     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00156-4     Document Type: Article

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