Early (pre-8 Ma) fault activity and temporal strain accumulation in the central India Ocean

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-230

  Krishna, K S ^a   Bull, J M ^b   Scrutton, R A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA AREA; CAPRICORN PLATE; CENTRAL INDIA; CLASSICAL EXAMPLE; COMPRESSIONAL; DEFORMATION RATES; DEFORMATION ZONE; DEVIATORIC STRESS; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; FAR-FIELD; FAULT ACTIVITY; FAULT BLOCKS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN OCEAN; LONG WAVELENGTH; MOTION INVERSION; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; REVERSE FAULTING; REVERSE FAULTS; SHARP INCREASE; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; TOTAL STRAIN;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRAIN; STRESS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 67649859145     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25265A.1     Document Type: Article

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