The influence of flood basaltic source terrains on the efficiency of tectonic setting discrimination diagrams: An example from the Gulf of Khambhat, western India

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Saha, Sourav ^a,b   Banerjee, Santanu ^a   Burley, Stuart D ^c,d   Ghosh, Anupam ^a,e   Saraswati, Pratul K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c Cairn Energy (India)   (India)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan basalt; Estuarine sediments; Geochemistry of modern sediments; Gulf of Khambhat; India; Tectonic setting discrimination diagrams

Indexed keywords

DECCAN TRAPS; DIAGRAM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLOOD BASALT; MANTLE SOURCE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF KHAMBHAT; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77953535428     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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