Magnetic field modelling and interpretation of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau and adjoining north Indian Plains

Tectonophysics

Volumn 478, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 87-99

  Hemant, Kumar ^a   Mitchell, Alice ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; Heat flow; Himalaya Tibet; Satellite magnetism

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GIS; HEAT FLOW; HIMALAYA-TIBET; HIMALAYAS; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; INDUCED MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOWER CRUST; MAGNETISATION; NONMAGNETICS; SATELLITE ANOMALIES; SHIELD REGION; THERMAL MODELLING; TIBETAN PLATEAU; UPPER CRUST;

FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SATELLITES;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

GIS; HEAT FLOW; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; MODELING; SATELLITE DATA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 70449135033     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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