Opposite shear sense (OSS) is manifested by the presence of conflicting shear sense indicators in a portion of a rock body, a shear/fault zone or across several parallel shear/fault …
Geoheritage, geoconservation, and geotourism studies are of increasing interest worldwide because of their scientific, societal, cultural, and aesthetic value. Volcanic areas (whether …
G Dole, S Das, VS Kale - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The geomorphology of the Deccan Volcanic Province (DVP) has its foundation in the eruption of flood basalts that covered nearly half of the Indian Peninsula during the …
K Pande, V Yatheesh, H Sheth - Geophysical Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mumbai, located on the western Indian continental margin, exposes Danian-age Deccan magmatic units of diverse compositions, dipping seaward due to the Panvel flexure. The …
Elephanta Island near Mumbai is an important area for understanding the stratigraphic and structural framework of the Deccan flood basalt province in the tectonically disturbed Panvel …
VS Kale - Geodynamics of the Indian Plate: Evolutionary …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Indian Peninsula hosts Cretaceous continental flood basalts (CFB) that manifest its passage over the Kerguelen and Reunion hotspots in succession. The former …
New palaeomagnetic data from a series of Deccan-age dykes cutting across the basement of lava flows along east and south of Mumbai (18°–19° N and 72°–73.5° E) have uncovered …
Abstract Elephanta Island, located near Mumbai in the western Deccan Traps, is composed of subaerially erupted tholeiitic lava flows and dykes, with no evolved or pyroclastic rocks. In …
Rubbly pahoehoe lava flows are abundant in many continental flood basalts including the Deccan Traps. However, structures with radial joint columns surrounding cores of flow-top …