Primary volcanic structures from a type section of Deccan Trap flows around Narsingpur–Harrai–Amarwara, central India: Implications for cooling history

Journal of Earth system science

Arijit Ray1¹  Piyali Sengupta1¹ 

[1]Department of Geology, Presidency College, 86/1 College Street, Kolkata 700 073, India.$$

关键词: Deccan Traps;    lava flows;    volcanism;    isotherm;    cooling history.;   

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学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Field investigations of the Deccan Trap lava sequence along a 70 km traverse in the Narsingpur–Harrai–Amarwara area of central India indicate twenty lava flows comprising a total thickness of around 480m. Primary volcanic structures like vesicles and cooling joints are conspicuous in this volcanic succession and are used to divide individual flows into three well-defined zones namely the lower colonnade zone, entablature zone, and the upper colonnade zone. The variable nature of these structural zones is used for identification and correlation of lava flows in the field. For twenty lava flows, the thicknesses of upper colonnade zones of eight flows are ∼5m while those of eight other flows are ∼8m each. The thicknesses of upper colonnade zones of remaining four flows could not be measured in the field. Using the thicknesses of these upper colonnade zones and standard temperature-flow thickness-cooling time profiles for lava pile, the total cooling time of these sixteen Deccan Trap lava flows has been estimated at 12 to 15 years.

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