Flood basalt hosted palaeosols:Potential palaeoclimatic indicators of global climate change

作     者：M.R.G.Sayyed 

作者机构：Department of GeologyPoona College (University of Pune)CampPune 411 001MaharashtraIndia 

出 版 物：《Geoscience Frontiers》 (地学前缘（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第5卷第6期

页      面：791-799页

核心收录：

学科分类：0709[理学-地质学] 070901[理学-矿物学、岩石学、矿床学] 07[理学] 070601[理学-气象学] 0706[理学-大气科学] 

主　　题：Continental flood basalts Palaeosols Weathering Palaeoclimates Global change 

摘      要：Since continental sediments （in addition to the marine geological record） offer important means of deciphering environmental changes, the sediments hosted by the successive flows of the continental flood basalt provinces of the world should be treasure houses in gathering the palaeoclimatic data. Palaeosols developed on top of basalt flows are potentially ideal for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions because it is easy to determine their protolith geochemistry and also they define a definite time interval. The present paper summarizes the nature of the basalt-hosted palaeosols formed on the flood basalts provinces from different parts of the ~lobe havin~ different ages.