Structure and tectonics of the Achankovil Shear Zone, southern India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 86-98

  Rajesh, K Guru ^a   Chetty, T R K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Achankovil Shear Zone; Lineaments; Reactivation; Sinistral transpression; Southern Granulite Terrain

Indexed keywords

FOLIATION; KINEMATICS; PLATE TECTONICS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIA;

EID: 33745669502     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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