Geological and 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on late-stage Deccan rhyolitic volcanism, inter-volcanic sedimentation, and the Panvel flexure from the Dongri area, Mumbai

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-175

  Sheth, Hetu C ^a   Pande, Kanchan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan Traps; Flood volcanism; Mumbai; Panvel flexure; Rhyolite

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DANIAN; DECCAN TRAPS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; RHYOLITE; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANISM;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 84896834886     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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