Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018

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[EE] Poster

S (Solid Earth Sciences) » S-IT Science of the Earth's Interior & Tectonophysics

[S-IT21] Do plumes exist?

Sun. May 20, 2018 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall7, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Hidehisa Mashima(Center for Obsidian and Lithic Studies, Meiji University), Gillian R Foulger (Durham University), Dapeng Zhao(東北大学大学院理学研究科附属地震・噴火予知研究観測センター)

[SIT21-P01] Giant lava flows, giant dyke swarms: The Deccan Traps, India

*Hetu C. Sheth1 (1.Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)

Keywords:Flood basalt volcanism, Deccan Traps, Giant dyke swarms

This poster presents the main results of the work done by the author and his colleagues on the mafic dyke swarms of the Deccan Traps flood basalt province and their geochemical correlations to the volcanic units, with the aim to identify the feeder dykes of the huge lava flows and lava flow sequences.