Intracontinental thrusts and inclined transpression along eastern margin of the East Dharwar Craton, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 323-337

  Saha, Dilip ^a   Chakraborti, S ^a,b   Tripathy, V ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b TCE Consulting Engineers Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Inclined transpression; Intracontinental thrusts; Nallamalai fold belt; Nellore schist belt; Strain partitioning; Strain triangle

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOOTWALL; GRABEN; HANGING WALL; KINEMATICS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PROTEROZOIC; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE; THRUST FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

DHARWAR CRATON; EASTERN GHATS; GODAVARI BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 77954842852     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-010-0019-7     Document Type: Article

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