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    Occurrence of rhyolytic tuffs at deep sea drilling project site 219 on the Laccadive Ridge

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    1976
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    Siddiquie, H.N.
    Sukheswala, R.N.
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    Abstract
    A study of thin sections from the lower and middle parts of Unit 5 (Paleocene) from Site 219 shows that these largely consist of acidic or rhyolitic tuffs. The overlying limestones in Unit 5 (Paleocene) and Unit 4 (Lower Eocene) also contain tuffaceous material in varying proportions. Albite/oligoclase forms the phenocrysts as also needles in the groundmass of these tuffs and tuffaceous material in limestones. The euhedral fresh felspars suggest that the source of activity was nearby and possibly most of the activity was subaqueous rather than subaerial. Similar acidic tuffs in the Deccan Traps have been reported particularly from the West Coast of India. The acidic tuffs at site 219 are of the same age as the Deccan Traps and may represent a late phase of Deccan Trap activity on the Laccadive Ridge before its subsidence and separation from peninwular India
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