Alkali basalt of Kachchh: Its implication in the tectonic framework of Mesozoic of western India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 599-608

  Guha, Dipayan ^a   Das, Sanjay ^a   Srikarni, C ^a   Chakraborty, S K ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b Central Drugs Laboratory India   (India)

Author keywords

Alkali basalt; Flow; Kachchh; Plug; Releasing bend; Tholeiite

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; MESOZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 30444431745     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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