Tectonothermal history of the Central Indian Tectonic Zone and reactivation of major faults/shear zones

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-256

  Acharyya, S K ^a   Roy, Abhinaba ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b Anthropological Survey of India   (India)

Author keywords

Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ); Madhya Pradesh; Maharashtra; Seismology; Structural geology; Tectonothermal history

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT; REACTIVATION; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0034163297     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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