Vestiges of the Kerguelen plume in the Sylhet Traps, northeastern India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 52-64

  Ghatak, Arundhuti ^a,b   Basu, Asish R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHOPAL   (India)

Author keywords

Kerguelen plume; Nd Sr Pb; Rajmahal basalts; Sylhet Traps; Trace major element geochemistry

Indexed keywords

KERGUELEN PLUME; ND-SR-PB; RAJMAHAL BASALTS; SYLHET TRAPS; TRACE-MAJOR ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IODINE; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

STRONTIUM;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAVA FLOW; LEAD ISOTOPE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PLUME; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU; SYLHET;

EID: 79960073936     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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