Missing granitic crust (?) in the Godavari graben of Southeastern India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-311

  Pandey, O P ^a   Rao, Vijay K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Basement relationships; Godavari graben; Seismic signatures; Southeastern India

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GONDWANA; GRABEN; SEISMOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33744929890     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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