Origin of the felsic and basaltic dikes and flows in the rajula-palitana-sihor area of the deccan traps, saurashtra, India: A geochemical and geochronological study

International Geology Review

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1094-1116

  Chatterjee, Nilanjan ^a   Bhattacharji, Somdev ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DECCAN TRAPS; DIKE; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROGENESIS;

DECCAN TRAPS; GUJARAT; INDIA; SAURASHTRA;

EID: 0035739263     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810109465063     Document Type: Article

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