Unusual lithospheric structure and evolutionary pattern of the cratonic segments of the South Indian shield

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-150

  Agrawal, P K ^a   Pandey, O P ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern Dharwar craton; Granulites; Indian shield; Lithosphere; Tectonothermal events; Temperature; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 20444380896     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353398     Document Type: Article

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