Gravity anomalies, sediment loading and lithospheric flexure associated with the Krishna-Godavari basin, eastern continental margin of India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 223-232

  Radha Krishna, M ^a   Chand, Shyam ^a   Subrahmanyam, C ^a,b  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Flexure; Gravity anomalies; India; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLEXURE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LITHOSPHERE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBSIDENCE;

INDIA;

EID: 0343134193     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00303-9     Document Type: Article

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