Seafloor spreading magnetic anomalies south off Sri Lanka

Marine Geology

Volumn 229, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 227-240

  Desa, M ^a   Ramana, M V ^a   Ramprasad, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Magnetic Quiet Zone; Gondwanaland; Mesozoic magnetic anomalies; Sri Lanka; tectonic reconstruction and GEOSAT derived gravity data

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS MAGNETIC QUIET ZONE; GONDWANALAND; MESOZOIC MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; SRI LANKA; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION AND GEOSAT DERIVED GRAVITY DATA;

BATHYMETRY; FRACTURE; GRAVITATION; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES;

MANGANESE NODULES;

BATHYMETRY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MESOZOIC; SATELLITE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEAMOUNT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33744519798     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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