Mantle discontinuities beneath the Deccan volcanic province

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 252-263

  Ravi Kumar, M ^a   Mohan, G ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan volcanic province; Receiver functions; Upper mantle structure

Indexed keywords

DECCAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE;

BASALT; EARTH (PLANET); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOGRAPHS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOPHYSICS;

DECCAN TRAPS; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY;

EID: 24144452827     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.034     Document Type: Article

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