Geochemistry of the Palitana flood basalt sequence and the Eastern Saurashtra dykes, Deccan Traps: Clues to petrogenesis, dyke-flow relationships, and regional lava stratigraphy

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1-23

  Sheth, Hetu C ^a   Zellmer, Georg F ^b   Kshirsagar, Pooja V ^a   Cucciniello, Ciro ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deccan Traps; Flood basalt; India; Palitana; Saurashtra; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DECCAN TRAPS; DIKE SWARM; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; PETROGENESIS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

GUJARAT; INDIA; SAURASHTRA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84875286347     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-013-0701-x     Document Type: Article

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