Kimberlites, flood basalts and mantle plumes: New insights from the Deccan Large Igneous Province

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 315-324

  Rao, N V Chalapathi ^a   Lehmann, B ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deccan traps; Flood basalts; India; Kimberlite; Large Igneous Provinces; Mantle plumes

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DECCAN TRAPS; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; FLOOD BASALT; HETEROGENEITY; KIMBERLITE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME;

BASTAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 79960698797     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.04.003     Document Type: Review

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