Heat flow variation from bottom simulating reflector in the Kerala-Konkan basin of the western continental margin of India

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-115

  Shankar, Uma ^a,b   Sain, Kalachand ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

BSR; Gas hydrates; Geothermal gradient; Heat flow; Kerala Konkan; WCMI

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; SEISMIC DATA; WATER DEPTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KERALA-KONKAN BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 69749113667     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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