High-Precision 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Deccan Traps

Courtney Jean Sprain1,2, Paul R Renne1,3, Mark A Richards4, Stephen Self3, Loÿc Vanderkluysen5, Kanchan Pande6, Leah E Morgan7 and Michael A Cosca8, (1)Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, United States, (2)University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)Drexel University, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (6)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Department of Earth Sciences, Mumbai, India, (7)University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, (8)USGS, Denver, CO, United States