Magnetic and bathymetric investigations over the Vema Region of the Central Indian Ridge: Tectonic implications

Marine Geology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 413-423

  Drolia, R K ^a   Ghose, I ^b   Subramanyam, A S ^b   Malleswara Rao, M M ^b   Kessarkar, P ^b   Murthy, K S R ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Central Indian Ridge; Marine magnetic anomalies; Mid ocean tectonics; Vema Fracture Zone

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; INDIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REEF;

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONICS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034662128     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00029-3     Document Type: Article

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