Crustal structure of the western part of the Southern Granulite Terrain of Indian Peninsular Shield derived from gravity data

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 551-564

  Sunil, P S ^a,b   Radhakrishna, M ^a,c   Kurian, P J ^a,d   Murty, B V S ^e   Subrahmanyam, C ^f   Nambiar, C G ^a   Arts, K P ^a   Arun, S K ^a,d   Mohan, S K ^e  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^e OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Gravity; India; Shear zones; Southern Granulite Terrain

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANULITE; GRAVITY SURVEY; SHEAR ZONE;

INDIA;

EID: 77957364459     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

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