40Ar/39Ar dating of mineral separates and whole rocks from the Western Ghats lava pile: Further constraints on duration and age of the Deccan traps

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 13-27

  Hofmann, C ^a,b   Feraud G ^b   Courtillot, V ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Ar 40 Ar 39; Deccan traps; K T boundary

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DECCAN TRAPS; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAVA FLOW;

INDIA;

EID: 0033860275     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00159-X     Document Type: Article

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