Crustal constraints on the uplift mechanism of the Western Ghats of India

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1309-1316

  Tiwari, Pankaj Kr ^a   Surve, G ^a   Mohan, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Broadband; Crustal structure; Low velocity zone; Receiver function; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MODELING; POISSON RATIO; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 33845321389     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03093.x     Document Type: Article

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