Emplacement of Amba Dongar carbonatite-alkalinè complex at Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: Evidence from40Ar-39Ar chronology

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-47

  Ray, Jyotiranjan S ^a   Pande, Kanchan ^a   Venkatesan, T R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

40ar 39Ar chronology; Amba dongar carbonatites; Deccan flood basalts

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CARBONATITE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EMPLACEMENT; PETROGENESIS;

INDIA;

EID: 0034113514     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02719147     Document Type: Article

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