40Ar/39Ar ages of alkaline and tholeiitic rocks from the northern Deccan Traps: implications for magmatic processes and the K–Pg boundary

The Deccan large igneous province in India was emplaced temporally close to the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K–Pg) boundary and is formed by tholeiitic flood basalts and less abundant alkaline rocks. Definition of the origin of Deccanmagmatism and of its environmental impact relies on precise and accurate...

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Main Authors: Parisio, L., Jourdan, Fred, Marzoli, A., Melluso, L., Sethna, S., Bellieni, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Geological Society Publishing House 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18546