Thickness estimation of Deccan Flood Basalt of the Koyna Area, Maharashtra (India) from inversion of aeromagnetic and gravity data and implications for recurring seismic activity

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 960-965

  Nayak, G K ^a   Agrawal, P K ^a   Rama Rao, Ch ^a   Pandey, O P ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic; Gravity; Induced seismicity; Inversion; Koyna

Indexed keywords

ACHAEA;

EID: 33750442868     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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