The Central India Tectonic Zone: A geophysical perspective on continental amalgamation along a Mesoproterozoic suture

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 547-564

  Naganjaneyulu, K ^a   Santosh, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central India Tectonic Zone; Double sided subduction; Extrusion; Magnetotellurics; Tectonic models

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRATON; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FELSIC ROCK; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; UPPER CRUST;

BASTAR CRATON; CENTRAL INDIAN TECTONIC ZONE; DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 77956479657     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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