Rheological stratification of the Indian continental lithosphère: Role of diffusion creep

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-21

  Manglik, A ^a   Sincn, R N ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

Diffusion creep; Dislocation creep; Indian lithosph re; Rheology

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; LITHOSPHERE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0032886913     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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