Structure of the lower crust revealed by one- and two-dimensional modeling of wide-angle reflections-West Bengal Basin, India

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 701-718

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

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bengal basin; Crustal structure; Crystalline basement; Gravity high; Moho configuration; Wide angle reflections

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY SURVEY; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; SEISMIC SURVEY;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL BASIN;

EID: 0033368554     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050320     Document Type: Article

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