Tectonic implications of seismic reflectivity pattern observed over the Precambrian Southern Granulite Terrain, India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Rajendra Prasad, B ^a   Kesava Rao, G ^a   Mall, D M ^a   Koteswara Rao, P ^a   Raju, S ^a   Reddy, M S ^a   Rao, G S P ^a   Sridher, V ^a   Prasad, A S S S R S ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crustal reflectivity; Deep seismic profiling; Dipping reflectors; Reflection Moho; Southern Granulite Terrain

Indexed keywords

CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; DEFORMATION; DIP; DOME; GRANULITE; MOHO; PRECAMBRIAN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC PHENOMENA; TRANSECT; TRAVEL TIME; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN GRANULITE TERRAIN;

EID: 33846257738     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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