The nature of the crust in southern India: Implications for Precambrian crustal evolution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Gupta, Sandeep ^a   Rai, S S ^a   Prakasam, K S ^a   Srinagesh, D ^a   Bansal, B K ^b   Chadha, R K ^a   Priestley, Keith ^c   Gaur, V K ^d  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALS; POISSON RATIO; VOLCANOES; GALLIUM;

PROTEROZOIC TERRAINS; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DECCAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; PRECAMBRIAN; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SOUTHERN INDIA;

GEOPHYSICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MINERALOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

(SOUTH); INDIA;

EID: 0041382892     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016770     Document Type: Article

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