Nature of the crust below the Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT) of Peninsular India across the Bavali shear zone based on analysis of gravity data

Precambrian Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-40

  Radhakrishna, M ^a   Kurian, P J ^a   Nambiar, C G ^a   Murty, B V S ^b  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bavali shear zone; Crustal structure; Gravity anomalies; High grade terrain; Proterozoic; Southern India

Indexed keywords

CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANULITE; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY SURVEY; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE;

DENSITY; GRAVITY; INDIA; MODEL; PROTEROZOIC; REVIEW; SEASHORE; THICKNESS;

INDIA;

EID: 0038201684     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00047-0     Document Type: Review

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