Structural architecture of the northern composite terrane, the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India: Implications for Gondwana tectonics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-582

  Chetty, T R K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

East Gondwana; Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt; Flower structure; Mahanadi rift; Reactivation; Structural architecture; Tectonics; Transpression

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GONDWANA; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOBILE BELT; OUTCROP; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TERRANE;

EASTERN GHATS; INDIA;

EID: 77956484136     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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