Was there an intracontinental rift between India and Sri Lanka?

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-249

  Agrawal, P K ^a   Pandey, O P ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Gondwanaland; India; Intracontinental rift; Madagascar; Sri Lanka; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; RIFTING; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ANTARCTICA; INDIA; MADAGASCAR; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0033369777     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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