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40Ar-39Ar ages of lava flows from Giravalighat and Buldana: evidence against a plume-head genesis of the Deccan flood basalts?

  • 1. Planetary and Geosciences Div., Physical Research Lab., Ahmedabad (India)

Description

The concordant plateau and isochron ages for all the samples, the large amounts (>73%) of total 39Ar for the plateau steps, the atmospheric values of the trapped 40Ar/36Ar component, and the low MSWD values for the isochrons, imply that these ages are the true crystallisation ages. The weighted mean inverse isochron ages for the Giravalighat flow (66.0 ± 0.9 Ma) and Buldana flow (68.4 ± 0.8 Ma) have been plotted against the Cande and Kent Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS) to infer the magnetic chrons during which these flows were erupted. Also shown in the figure are two levels of reversals and one normal for the entire western ghat section

Part of:
ISMAS silver jubilee symposium on mass spectrometry

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
ISBN
81-901115-5-8
Imprint Title
ISMAS silver jubilee symposium on mass spectrometry. V. 2: contributed papers
Imprint Pagination
476 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 593-597

Conference

Title
9. ISMAS silver jubilee symposium on mass spectrometry
Acronym
ISMAS-SJS-2003
Dates
27-31 Jan 2003
Place
Dona Paula (India)

Optional Information

Notes
8 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab.