Rifting between India and Madagascar - Mechanism and isostasy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 317-332

  Chand, Shyam ^a   Subrahmanyam, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Gravity; India; Isostasy; Madagascar; Rifting mechanism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ELASTICITY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; ISOSTASY; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

INDIA; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0038692060     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00094-3     Document Type: Article

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