geosciences Article Geochemistry of Deccan Tholeiite Flows and Dykes of Elephanta Island: Insights into the Stratigraphy and Structure of the Panvel Flexure Zone, Western Indian Rifted Margin Vanit Patel 1,2, Hetu Sheth 1,*, Ciro Cucciniello 3,* , Gopal W. Joshi 4, Wencke Wegner 5,6, Hrishikesh Samant 7, Bibhas Sen 8 and Christian Koeberl 5,6 1 Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India;
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[email protected] (C.C.) Received: 25 January 2020; Accepted: 24 March 2020; Published: 26 March 2020 Abstract: Elephanta Island near Mumbai is an important area for understanding the stratigraphic and structural framework of the Deccan flood basalt province in the tectonically disturbed Panvel flexure zone on the western Indian rifted margin.