The terrace like feature in the mid-continental slope region off Trivandrum and a plausible model for India-Madagascar juxtaposition in immediate pre-drift scenario

Gondwana Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Yatheesh, V ^a   Bhattacharya, G C ^b   Mahender, K ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

India Madagascar juxtaposition; Madagascar Ridge; Paleogeographic reconstruction; Shear zones; Terrace

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MODEL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TERRACE;

INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KERALA; MADAGASCAR RIDGE; THIRUVANANTHAPURAM;

EID: 33745661699     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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