Geochemistry of the Panjal Traps basalts (NW Himalaya): Records of the Pangea Permian break-up

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-395

  Chauvet, Frano̧is ^a   Lapierre, Henriette ^f   Bosch, Delphine ^b   Guillot, Stéphanie ^a   Mascle, Georges ^a   Vannay, Jean Claude ^c   Cotten, Jo ^d   Brunet, Pierre ^e   Keller, Francine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Continental flood basalts; Geochemistry; Neotethys; Panjal Traps; Rifting

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL CRUST; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; PERMIAN; RIFTING; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 51249084207     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.179.4.383     Document Type: Article

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