Moho geometry and upper mantle images of northeast India

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Ramesh, D S ^a   Kumar, M Ravi ^a   Devi, E Uma ^a   Raju, P Solomon ^a   Yuan, X ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CRUST; INDIA; LEHMANN DISCONTINUITY; UPPER MANTLE; X-DISCONTINUITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

IMAGING METHOD; MOHO; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 25444498370     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022789     Document Type: Article

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