Crustal geotherm in southern Deccan basalt province, India: The Moho is as cold as adjoining cratons

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 275-284

  Kumar, P Senthil ^a   Menon, Rajeev ^a   Reddy, G Koti ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crustal geotherm; Deccan basalt; Dharwar craton; Heat production; Heatflow; India; Reunion plume

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER;

DHARWAR CRATON; GEOTHERMS; HEAT PRODUCTION; INDIA; REUNION PLUME;

BASALT;

ARCHEAN; BASALT; CRATON; CRUST; DATA ACQUISITION; GRANULITE FACIES; GREENSTONE; HEAT PRODUCTION; LITHOSPHERE; MOHO; THERMAL REGIME; THOLEIITE;

DECCAN; DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

EID: 60749135146     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(14)     Document Type: Article

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