Were the Deccan flood basalts derived in part from ancient oceanic crust within the Indian continental lithosphere?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-127

  Sheth, Hetu C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan volcanism; Eclogite; Flood basalt; Iceland; Mantle plume

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DECCAN TRAPS; ECLOGITE; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE UPWELLING; OCEANIC CRUST; PETROLOGY; UPPER MANTLE;

ICELAND; INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 15944417523     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71112-6     Document Type: Article

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