Chemical Composition
Within the Deccan Traps at least 95% of the lavas are tholeiitic basalts, however other rock types do occur:
- Alkali basalts
- Nephelinites
- Lamprophyre
- Carbonatites
Mantle xenoliths have been described from Kachchh (northwestern India) and elsewhere in the western Deccan.
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