Structural highs on the western continental slope of India: Implications for regional tectonics

Geomorphology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 48-61

  Mukhopadhyay, Ranadhir ^a   Rajesh, M ^a   De, Sutirtha ^a   Chakraborty, Bishwajit ^a   Jauhari, Pratima ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Digital terrain model; India Madagascar separation; Multibeam swath survey; Prathap Ridge; Structural highs; Upper Slope Ridge

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRETACEOUS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EMPLACEMENT; MAPPING; OCEAN BASIN; SHELF BREAK; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; LAKSHADWEEP; MADAGASCAR RIDGE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 47049093971     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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