New occurrence of Youngest Toba Tuff in abyssal sediments of the Central Indian Basin

Marine Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 243-248

  Pattan, J N ^a   Shane, Phil ^b   Banakar, V K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Glass chemistry; Indian ocean; Tephra; Volcanism; Youngest Toba Tuff

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; TUFF;

EID: 0033106047     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00160-1     Document Type: Article

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