A note on the lithosphere thickness and heat flow density of the Indian Craton from MAGSAT data

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-204

  Sarkar, Ranjit Kumar ^a   Saha, Dilip Kumar ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Curie depth; Heat flow density; Lithosphere thickness; Magnetothermometry; The Indian Craton

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAPS; SATELLITES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CURIE DEPTH; HEAT FLOW DENSITY; INDIAN CRATON; LITHOSPHERE THICKNESS; MAGNETOTHERMOMETRY;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CRATON; CURIE POINT; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; MAGSAT;

EID: 33746812608     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-006-0017-8     Document Type: Article

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