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Variation of melting processes and magma sources of the early Deccan flood basalts, Malwa Plateau, India
The Deccan flood basalts cover large parts of India and represent one of the largest volcanic provinces on Earth. We present geochemical and isotopic data on a magnetically defined stratigraphic section of lavas from the northern portion of the Deccan, the Malwa Plateau, which are dated at ∼67.5 Ma....
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Published in: | Earth and planetary science letters 2019-10, Vol.524, p.115711, Article 115711 |
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Summary: | The Deccan flood basalts cover large parts of India and represent one of the largest volcanic provinces on Earth. We present geochemical and isotopic data on a magnetically defined stratigraphic section of lavas from the northern portion of the Deccan, the Malwa Plateau, which are dated at ∼67.5 Ma. These are therefore some of the oldest Deccan lavas, erupted before the Main Deccan units further to the south. Although the younger Malwa Plateau lavas have undergone significant crustal contamination by at least two distinct crustal components, the older, more alkalic lavas are less contaminated and have similar isotope and trace element compositions to Réunion oceanic intraplate basalts. Our data therefore provide geochemical evidence for a contribution of the Réunion hotspot to the generation of the early Deccan flood basalts. Most lavas reflect fractional crystallization and assimilation of less than 10% of a crustal melt but samples with the highest SiO2 and Sr isotope compositions underwent more extreme crustal contamination. The composition of the least contaminated basalts from the Malwa Plateau suggests that the degree of partial melting increased significantly from the base to the top of the section. Most Malwa Plateau basaltic magmas formed by |
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ISSN: | 0012-821X 1385-013X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115711 |