A post K-T boundary (early Palaeocene) age for Deccan-type feeder dykes, Goa, India

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1177-1194

  Widdowson, M ^a   Pringle, M S ^b   Fernandez, O A ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Dhempe College of Arts and Science   (India)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Deccan Traps; Dykes; K T boundary

Indexed keywords

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

GOA; INDIA;

EID: 0034235016     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.7.1177     Document Type: Article

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