Cretaceous age for Ir-rich Deccan intertrappean deposits: Palaeontological evidence from Anjar, western India

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-260

  Bajpai, S ^a   Prasad, G V R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Deccan Traps; India; K T boundary

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FLOOD BASALT; IRIDIUM; MASS EXTINCTION;

INDIA;

EID: 0034068056     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.2.257     Document Type: Article

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