Cretaceous volcanic rocks of the South Tethyan suture zone, Pakistan: Implications for the Réunion hotspot and Deccan Traps

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 295-310

  Mahoney, J J ^a   Duncan, R A ^b   Khan, W ^c,f   Gnos, E ^d   McCormick, G R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deccan Traps; Flood bassalts; Hot spots; Reunion; Tethys

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DECCAN TRAPS; FLOOD BASALT; HOT SPOT; SUTURE ZONE; TETHYS; VOLCANIC ROCK;

INDIA; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0037108027     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00840-3     Document Type: Article

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