Chemical evolution, petrogenesis, and regional chemical correlations of the flood basalt sequence in the central Deccan Traps, India

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

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 587-603

  Melluso, L ^a   Barbieri, M ^b   Beccaluva, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basaltic andesites; Basalts; Central Deccan Traps; India; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BASALT; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DECCAN TRAPS; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE SOURCE; PETROGENESIS;

ASIA; DECCAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13844262898     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02704024     Document Type: Article

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