Structure of the Nagavali Shear Zone, Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India: Correlation in the East Gondwana reconstruction

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-229

  Chetty, T R K ^a   Vijay, P ^a   Narayana, B L ^a   Giridhar, G V ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

East Gondwana; Eastern Ghats; Megacrystic gneisses; Satellite data; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

GNEISS; GONDWANA; SATELLITE DATA; SHEAR ZONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EASTERN GHATS; INDIA;

EID: 0142217197     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70971-0     Document Type: Article

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