A receiver function perspective of the Dharwar craton (India) crustal structure

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 205-211

  Sarkar, Dipankar ^a   Kumar, M Ravi ^a   Saul, Joachim ^b   Kind, Rainer ^b   Raju, P S ^a   Chadha, R K ^a   Shukla, A K ^c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Dharwar craton; Poisson's ratio; Receiver functions; Shear velocities

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

INDIA;

EID: 0038335476     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01970.x     Document Type: Article

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