Two cases of continental collisions and related tectonics during the Proterozoic period in India - insights from gravity modelling constrained by seismic and magnetotelluric studies

Precambrian Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 149-169

  Mishra, D C ^a   Singh, B ^a   Tiwari, V M ^a   Gupta, S B ^a   Rao, M B S V ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Collision; Crustal structure; Geophysics; Gravity modelling; India; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0343049193     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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