Plagioclase as recorder of magma chamber processes in the Deccan Traps: Sr-isotope zoning and implications for Deccan eruptive event

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-101

  Borges, Melroy R ^a   Sen, Gautam ^a,d   Hart, Garret L ^b,e   Wolff, John A ^b   Chandrasekharam, D ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal growth rates; Deccan Traps; Flood basalts; Isotopic diffusion; LA ICPMS; Plagioclase residence times; Sr isotope zoning

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DECCAN TRAPS; EMPLACEMENT; FLOOD BASALT; GROWTH RATE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLAGIOCLASE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; ZONING;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84895917989     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.10.034     Document Type: Article

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