High-pressure phase of natural fullerene C60 in iridium-rich Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary layers of Deccan intertrappean deposits, Anjar, Kutch, India

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 978-987

  Parthasarathy, G ^a   Bhandari, N ^b   Vairamani, M ^c   Kunwar, A C ^c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DECCAN TRAPS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; FULLERENE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRIDIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; TOLUENE;

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

EID: 38349025357     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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