Mantle deformation in Sikkim and adjoining Himalaya: Evidences for a complex flow pattern

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 232-241

  Singh, Arun ^a   Kumar, M Ravi ^a   Raju, P Solomon ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Mantle deformation; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FLOW PATTERNS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

DUCTILE FLOW; MANTLE DEFORMATION; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

SEISMOLOGY;

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; FLOW PATTERN; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS;

EID: 34548667200     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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