Basalts of the northeastern Deccan Traps, India: Isotopic and elemental geochemistry and relation to southwestern Deccan stratigraphy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B12, 1998, Pages 29843-29865

  Peng, Z X ^a   Mahoney, J J ^a   Hooper, P R ^b   Macdougall, J D ^c   Krishnamurthy, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; PETROGENESIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DECCAN TRAPS; INDIA;

EID: 17744401928     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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