Deccan plume, lithosphere rifting, and volcanism in Kutch, India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 101-111

  Sen, Gautam ^a   Bizimis, Michael ^b   Das, Reshmi ^b   Paul, Dalim K ^c   Ray, Arijit ^c   Biswas, Sanjib ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan Traps; Kutch; lithosphere; mantle xenoliths; plume; rifting; volcanism

Indexed keywords

DECCAN TRAPS; KUTCH; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE XENOLITHS; PLUME; RIFTING; VOLCANISM;

BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

STRONTIUM;

ALKALI BASALT; DECCAN TRAPS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; RIFTING; SPINEL; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANISM; WEHRLITE; XENOLITH;

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

EID: 57749106286     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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