Tethyan subducted slabs under India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-20

  Van Der Voo, Rob ^a   Spakman, Wim ^b   Bijwaard, Harmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

India; Slabs; Subduction; Tethys; Tomography

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TETHYS;

INDIA;

EID: 0032700558     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00131-4     Document Type: Article

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