Configuration of the Indian Moho beneath the NW Himalaya and Ladakh

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Rai, S S ^a   Priestley, K ^b   Gaur, V K ^c,d   Mitra, S ^e   Singh, M P ^f   Searle, M ^g  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^d CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^f National Hydroelectric Power Corp   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEISMOGRAPHS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

BROADBAND SEISMOGRAPHS; TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTION ANALYSIS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

FOREARC BASIN; INDIAN PLATE; MOHO; SEISMOGRAPH; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ASIA; CHINA; DELHI; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KARAKORAM; LADAKH; SOUTH ASIA; XIZANG;

EID: 33749348114     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026076     Document Type: Article

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