Nature of sub-volcanic magma chambers, deccan province, India: Evidence from quantitative textural analysis of plagioclase megacrysts in the Giant Plagioclase Basalts

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 885-900

  Higgins, Michael D ^a   Chandrasekharam, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Continental basalt; Crystal shape; Megacryst; Microstructure; Plagioclase; Texture

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLOOD BASALT; MAGMA CHAMBER; MEGACRYST; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLAGIOCLASE; TEXTURE;

ASIA; DECCAN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34447628227     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm005     Document Type: Article

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