Rapid emplacement of the Kerguelen plume-related Sylhet Traps, eastern India: Evidence from 40Ar-39Ar geochronology

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Ray, Jyotiranjan S ^a   Pattanayak, S K ^a   Pande, Kanchan ^a,b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOODS; THERMAL PLUMES;

ERUPTION; FLOOD BASALTS; KERGUELEN PLUME-RELATED SYLHET TRAPS; THOLEIITE LAVA FLOW SEQUENCE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; HOT SPOT; LAVA FLOW; MANTLE PLUME;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SYLHET; WORLD;

EID: 22444442405     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022586     Document Type: Article

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