Geophysical characteristics of the Ninetyeast Ridge-Andaman island arc/trench convergent zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 29-45

  Subrahmanyam, C ^a   Gireesh, R ^a   Chand, Shyam ^b   Raju, K A Kamesh ^c   Rao, D Gopala ^d  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman; bathymetry; gravity; Ninetyeast Ridge; seismic

Indexed keywords

FLEXURAL MODELING; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SUBDUCTION;

BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; LITHOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BATHYMETRY; CONVERGENT MARGIN; EN ECHELON STRUCTURE; FOREARC BASIN; GRAVITY ANOMALY; ISLAND ARC; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS; TRENCH;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; NINETYEAST RIDGE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38349078599     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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