Deep sub-crustal features in the Bengal basin: Seismic signatures for plume activity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2545-2548

  Mall, D M ^a   Rao, V K ^a   Reddy, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; THERMAL PLUMES; VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVES;

BENGAL BASIN; RAJMAHAL TRAPS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE PLUME; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC SIGNATURES; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

LANDFORMS; SEISMOLOGY;

MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

BENGAL BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 0033388678     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900552     Document Type: Article

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