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Post-K/PB younger ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar ages of the Mandla lavas: Implications for the duration of the Deccan volcanism
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Post-K/PB younger ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar ages of the Mandla lavas: Implications for the duration of the Deccan volcanism |
| Names |
Shrivastava, J. P.
(creator) Duncan, Robert A. (creator) Kashyap, Mamta (creator) |
| Date Issued | 2015-05 (iso8601) |
| Note | This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Elsevier and can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/lithos/ |
| Abstract | We present new age determinations, derived from ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar incremental heating experiments, for basaltic lava flows from the Mandla lobe, located on the eastern margin of the main Deccan volcanic province, some ~ 1000 km from the Western Ghats escarpment. The most reliable estimates of crystallization ages come from 5 plateau ages from plagioclase separates, from a stratigraphically controlled succession of 37 lava flows. We detect no statistically significant age difference from bottom to top (range 63-65 Ma) and calculate a weighted mean age for the section at 64.21 ± 0.33 Ma. These lava flows are significantly younger than the majority of the main Deccan volcanic activity documented from the Western Ghats (67-65 Ma). The new ages are consistent, however, with geochemical correlation of the Mandla lobe lavas with the uppermost succession (Poladpur-Ambenali-Mahabaleshwar Formations) of the SW Deccan, and indicate that this post K/PB youngest phase of flood basalt activity erupted over much of the province. |
| Genre | Article |
| Topic | K/PB |
| Identifier | Shrivastava, J. P., Duncan, R. A., & Kashyap, M. (2015). Post-K/PB younger 40Ar–39Ar ages of the Mandla lavas: Implications for the duration of the Deccan volcanism. Lithos, 224-225, 214-224. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2015.03.006 |
