Rb-Sr age and Sr isotopic composition of alkaline dykes near Mumbai: Further evidence for the Deccan trap-réunion plume connection

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 641-646

  Sahu, Richa ^a   Kumar, Anil ^b   Subbarao, K V ^a   Walsh, J N ^c   Biswal, T K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b National Geophysical Research Laboratory   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECCAN TRAPS; DIKE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAMPROPHYRE; MANTLE PLUME;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0842334500     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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