Lithospheric thickness and mechanical strength of the Indian shield

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 319-328

  Rajesh, R S ^a,b   Mishra, D C ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NAVAL PHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Coherence; Elastic thickness; Indian shield; Multi taper spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; LITHOSPHERE; WAVELENGTHS;

ELASTIC MODULI; POISSON RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELASTICITY; PROTEROZOIC; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIAN SHIELD; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10044296133     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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