Seismic volcanostratigraphy of the western Indian rifted margin: The pre-Deccan igneous province

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Calvès, Gérôme ^a,b,c   Schwab, Anne M ^d   Huuse, Mads ^e   Clift, Peter D ^a   Gaina, Carmen ^f,g   Jolley, David ^a   Tabrez, Ali R ^h   Inam, Asif ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^d Marathon International Petroleum (GB) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DECCAN TRAPS; EMPLACEMENT; FLOOD BASALT; INDIAN PLATE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; POTENTIAL FIELD; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHIELD VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 79251638861     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB000862     Document Type: Article

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