Evidence for Proterozoic collision from airborne magnetic and gravity studies in Southern Granulite Terrain, India and signatures of recent tectonic activity in the Palghat Gap

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-54

  Mishra, D C ^a   Vijaya Kumar, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Airborne magnetic and gravity anomalies; Collision; Palghat Gap; Proterozoic; Southern Granulite Terrain

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; COLLISION ZONE; GRANULITE; GRAVITY FIELD; MAFIC ROCK; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; PROTEROZOIC; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

INDIA; KERALA; PALGHAT;

EID: 12444288612     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70261-6     Document Type: Article

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