Structure of the crystalline basement in the West Bengal basin, India, as determined from DSS studies

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 175-188

  Kaila, K L ^a   Murty, P R K ^a   Rao, N Madhava ^a   Rao, I B P ^a   Rao, P Koteswara ^a   Sridhar, A R ^a   Murthy, A S N ^a   Rao, V Vijaya ^a   Prasad, B R ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Gravity anomalies; Low velocity layer; Rajmahal Traps; Sediments; Seismic modelling; Synthetic seismograms; West Bengal basin

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; STRUCTURAL CONTOUR MAP;

INDIA, WEST BENGAL, WEST BENGAL BASIN;

EID: 0029729583     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06362.x     Document Type: Article

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