Analysis of gravity and magnetic anomalies of Kachchh rift basin, India and its comparison with the New Madrid seismic zone, USA

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1601-1608

  Chandrasekhar, D V ^a   Singh, Bijendra ^a   Firozishah, Md ^a   Mishra, D C ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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