Crustal architecture beneath Madurai Block, southern India deduced from magnetotelluric studies: Implications for subduction-accretion tectonics associated with Gondwana assembly

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-143

  Naganjaneyulu, K ^a   Santosh, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Gondwana; Madurai Block; Magnetotellurics; Seismic reflection; Southern India; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CAMBRIAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIA; MADURAI BLOCK; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 78449269543     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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