Inter-basaltic clay (bole bed) horizons from Deccan traps of India: Implications for palaeo-weathering and palaeo-climate during Deccan volcanism

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 90-109

  Ghosh, Prosenjit ^a   Sayeed, M R G ^b   Islam, R ^c   Hundekari, S M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Poona College of Arts Science and Commerce   (India)

^c WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Boles; Flood basalt; Palaeosol; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DECCAN TRAPS; FLOOD BASALT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; VOLCANISM; WEATHERING PROFILE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751116574     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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