A new sedimentary benchmark for the Deccan Traps volcanism?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Font, Eric ^a   Nédélec, Anne ^b   Ellwood, Brooks B ^c   Mirão, José ^d   Silva, Pedro F ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HERCULES ^*  (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BASALT; GEOLOGY; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES; BOLIDE IMPACT; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; FLOOD BASALT; GLOBAL SCALE; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIQUID SOLIDS; MAGNETIC STUDIES; MASS EXTINCTION; POSITIVE SHIFT; VOLCANIC GAS;

IRON OXIDES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BASALT; BENCHMARKING; BOLIDE; CHLORINE; CRETACEOUS; DECCAN TRAPS; DUST; GRAIN SIZE; HEMATITE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETIC METHOD; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOGENE; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY; WIND FORCING;

AQUITAINE; BIDART; FRANCE; GUBBIO; ITALY; PERUGIA; PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES; UMBRIA;

EID: 84855262903     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049824     Document Type: Article

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