Nature of the crust in the Laxmi Basin (14°-20°N), western continental margin of India

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Krishna, K S ^a   Gopala Rao, D ^b   Sar, D ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ONGC   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LAXMI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645808900     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004TC001747     Document Type: Article

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