Magnetostratigraphy and 40Ar-39Ar geochronology of the Malwa Plateau region (Northern Deccan Traps), central western India: Significance and correlation with the main Deccan Large Igneous Province sequences

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-45

  Schöbel, Stefan ^a   de Wall, Helga ^a   Ganerød, Morgan ^b   Pandit, Manoj K ^c   Rolf, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ar Ar geochronology; Deccan LIP; Deccan tectonomagmatic history; Eruption rate; Magnetostratigraphy; Malwa plateau

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DECCAN TRAPS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; RIFT ZONE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

DECCAN; INDIA; MALWA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84899521575     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.03.022     Document Type: Article

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