Correlations between silicic volcanic rocks of the St Mary's Islands (southwestern India) and eastern Madagascar: Implications for Late Cretaceous India-Madagascar reconstructions

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-294

  Melluso, Leone ^a   Sheth, Hetu C ^b   Mahoney, John J ^c   Morra, Vincenzo ^a   Petrone, Chiara M ^d,e   Storey, Michael ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PHENOCRYST; RECONSTRUCTION; RIFTING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; EURASIA; FIANARANTSOA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KARNATAKA; MADAGASCAR; MANANJARY; SAINT MARYS ISLANDS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 69249183329     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-147     Document Type: Article

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