Post-K/PB younger 40Ar-39Ar ages of the Mandla lavas: Implications for the duration of the Deccan volcanism

Lithos

Volumn 224-225, Issue , 2015, Pages 214-224

  Shrivastava, J P ^a   Duncan, Robert A ^b   Kashyap, Mamta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Deccan volcanism; K PB; Mandla lavas

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DECCAN TRAPS; FLOOD BASALT; LAVA FLOW; VOLCANISM;

DECCAN; INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84926050467     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: 18726143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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