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SUBMITTER: Pandey DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6529441 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pandey Dhananjai K DK Pandey Anju A Whattam Scott A SA
Nature communications 20190521 1
The tectonic evolution of Laxmi basin, presently located along western Indian passive margin, remains debated. Prevailing geodynamic models of Laxmi basin include two mutually competing hypotheses, culminating in either a hyper-stretched continental crust or an oceanic crust overlying an extinct spreading centre. The longstanding conundrum surrounding its precise crustal affinity precludes a complete understanding of the early opening of the Indian Ocean. Here, we present distinct geochemical an ...[more]