Deccan traps flood basalt province: An evaluation of the thermochemical plume model

Topics in Igneous Petrology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 29-53

  Sen, Gautam ^a   Chandrasekharam, D ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9600-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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