Deccan volcanism linked to the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary mass extinction: New evidence from ONGC wells in the Krishna-Godavari Basin

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 399-428

  Eller, G K ^a   Bhowmick, P K ^b   Upadhyay, H ^b   Dave, A ^b   Reddy, A N ^b   Jaiprakash, B C ^b   Adatte, T ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ONGC   (India)

^c Geological and Paleontological Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Tertiary; Deccan volcanism; Krishna Godavari Basin; Longest lava flows; Mass extinction

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DECCAN TRAPS; FAUNA; LAVA FLOW; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS EXTINCTION; NANOFOSSIL; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA; MICULA;

EID: 84856305365     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-011-0107-3     Document Type: Article

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