“…The younger Late Cretaceous magmatic event (70-65 Ma; Kent et al, 2002; present work) of eastern and northeastern India was likely connected to the Réunion plume and the associated Deccan large igneous province of western India (Kent et al, 2002;Paul, 2005;Srivastava et al, 2014). While it is well established that the bulk (>90%) of Deccan volcanism occurred at 65 (±1) Ma, close to the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (Duncan and Pyle, 1988;Baksi, 1994;Allègre et al, 1999;Hofmann et al, 2000;Chenet et al, 2007;Schoene et al, 2015Schoene et al, , 2019Sprain et al, 2019), more limited Deccan volcanism occurred before and after the main event between 69 and 62 Ma (Widdowson et al, 2000;Pande, 2002;Hooper et al, 2010;. Volcanic rocks that are thought to be associated with the Réunion plume have also been identified far from the main Deccan large igneous province in western India.…”