Petrogenetic significance of ferro-enstatite orthopyroxene in basaltic dikes from the Tapi rift, Deccan flood basalt province, India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 469-476

  Chandrasekharam, D ^a   Vaselli, O ^b   Sheth, H C ^c   Keshav, S ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Deccan Plateau; Dikes; Flood basalts; Genesis; Igneous rocks; Orthopyroxene

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DIKE; FLOOD BASALT; ORTHOPYROXENE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0033943436     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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