Elemental and Nd-Sr-Pb isotope geochemistry of flows and dikes from the Tapi rift, Deccan flood basalt province, India

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 111-123

  Chandrasekharam, D ^a   Mahoney, J J ^b   Sheth, H C ^a   Duncan, R A ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt; Deccan; Geochemistry; Isotopes; Rift; Tapi

Indexed keywords

DECCAN TRAPS; DIKE; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; RIFT ZONE;

INDIA;

EID: 0033571847     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00081-5     Document Type: Article

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