Heat flow and crustal thermal structure in the Late Archaean Closepet Granite batholith, south India

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-256

  Roy, Sukanta ^a   Ray, Labani ^a   Bhattacharya, Anurup ^a   Srinivasan, R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Closepet Granite batholith; Dharwar craton; Exposed crustal cross section; Heat flow; India; Mantle heat flow; Radiogenic heat production

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; BATHOLITH; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANITE; GRANITOID; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ASIA; DHARWAR CRATON; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 41349093984     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0239-2     Document Type: Article

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