Curie isotherm map of Indian subcontinent from satellite and aeromagnetic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Rajaram, Mita ^a,b   Anand, S P ^a   Hemant, K ^b   Purucker, M E ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic data; CHAMP; Curie isotherm; spectral methods

Indexed keywords

A THERMALS; AEROMAGNETIC DATA; CENTRAL INDIA; CHAMP; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CURIE ISOTHERM; DATA SETS; DEPTH MAPS; FORWARD MODELING; LITHOSPHERIC MODELS; LONG WAVELENGTHS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MOHO DEPTHS; REGIONAL SCALE; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SATELLITE DATUM; SPECTRAL METHODS; SPECTRAL TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURAL TRENDS; SURVEY AREAS; SURVEY DATUM;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

ISOTHERMS;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; AIR TEMPERATURE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMAGNETISM; ISOTHERM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MOHO; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 64549149724     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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