Helium–oxygen–osmium isotopic and elemental constraints on the mantle sources of the Deccan Traps
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.08.042
Abstract: Abstract The Deccan Traps, a 65 million-year-old continental flood basalt province located in western India, is the result of one of the largest short-lived magmatic events to have occurred on Earth. The nature and composition… read more here.
Keywords: assimilation; 3he 4he; crustal assimilation; deccan traps ... See more keywords
Biogenic carbonate mercury and marine temperature records reveal global influence of Late Cretaceous Deccan Traps
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13366-0
Abstract: The climate and environmental significance of the Deccan Traps large igneous province of west-central India has been the subject of debate in paleontological communities. Nearly one million years of semi-continuous Deccan eruptive activity spanned the… read more here.
Keywords: deccan traps; marine; late cretaceous; biogenic carbonate ... See more keywords
Microbial diversity and function in crystalline basement beneath the Deccan Traps explored in a 3-km borehole at Koyna, western India.
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DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15867
Abstract: Deep terrestrial subsurface represents a huge repository of global prokaryotic biomass. Given its vastness and importance, microbial life within the deep-subsurface continental crust remains under represented in global studies. We characterize the microbial communities of… read more here.
Keywords: borehole koyna; deccan traps; microbial diversity; diversity function ... See more keywords