40Ar/39Ar ages of mafic dykes from the Mesoproterozoic Chhattisgarh basin, Bastar craton, Central India: Implication for the origin and spatial extent of the Deccan Large Igneous Province

Lithos

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 994-1005

  Rao, N V Chalapathi ^a   Burgess, R ^b   Lehmann, B ^c   Mainkar, D ^d   Pande, S K ^e   Hari, K R ^f   Bodhankar, N ^e  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Directorate of Geology and Mining   (India)

^e PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f GovtVYTPG Autonomous College Durg   (India)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar age; Bastar craton; Deccan Traps; India; LIP; Mafic dykes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DECCAN TRAPS; DIKE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAFIC ROCK; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

BASTAR CRATON; CHHATTISGARH; DECCAN; INDIA;

EID: 79960604748     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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