Revised gravity for offshore India and the isostatic compensation of submarine features

Tectonophysics

Volumn 404, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Bansal, Abhey Ram ^a   Fairhead, J Derek ^b   Green, Chris M ^b   Fletcher, Kirsten M U ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Continental margin; Data processing; Indian Ocean; Isostasy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEODESY; GRAVITY SURVEY; ISOSTASY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17744369688     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.03.017     Document Type: Article

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