Deep electrical signatures across the achankovil shear zone, southern granulite terrain inferred from magnetotellurics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 405-426

  Naidu, G Dhanunjaya ^a   Manoj, C ^a,b   Patro, P K ^a   Sreedhar, Sreejesh V ^c   Harinarayana, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

Achankovil shear zone; Collision zone; Deep resistivity structure; Flower structure; Magnetotellurics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GRANULITE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SHEAR ZONE; TERRAIN;

INDIA;

EID: 79960307850     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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