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Intercalated volcanic ash layers in two deep-sea sediment cores from the Central Indian Basin (CIB) are examined for the possibility of an in situ source of suboceanic volcanism. An in situ source has been predicated based on the bottom morphological structures and activation of seamounts during the geological past. The tentative correlation between depositional ages of the ash layer horizons and the period of global climatic cooling events reinforces the hypothesis that the suboceanic volcanic episode might have been initiated during the onset of glaciation.
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Sukumaran, N.P., Banerjee, R., Borole, D.V. et al. Some aspects of volcanic ash layers in the Central Indian Basin. Geo-Marine Letters 18, 203–208 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003670050069
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