Primary volcanic structures from a type section of Deccan Trap flows around Narsingpur-Harrai-Amarwara, central India: Implications for cooling history

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 631-642

  Sengupta, Piyali ^a   Ray, Arijit ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cooling history; Deccan Traps; Isotherm; Lava flows; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CORRELATION; DECCAN TRAPS; ISOTHERM; LAVA FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; VESICLE; VOLCANISM;

AMARWARA; ASIA; EURASIA; HARRAI; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; NARSINGPUR; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845607125     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-006-0006-y     Document Type: Article

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