40K-40Ar dating of the Main Deccan large igneous province: Further evidence of KTB age and short duration

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Chenet, Anne Lise ^a   Quidelleur, Xavier ^b   Fluteau, Frédéric ^a   Courtillot, Vincent ^a   Bajpai, Sunil ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan traps; short duration

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BASALT; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INDIA; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALTS; DECCAN TRAPS; SHORT DURATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DECCAN TRAPS; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35648951249     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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