Crustal tomographic imaging and geodynamic implications toward south of Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT), India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 166-178

  Behera, Laxmidhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crust; Deep seismic sounding; Moho; Southern granulite terrain; Tomography

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER GRAVITY; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; CRUST; CRUSTAL LEVELS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; DEEP-SEISMIC-SOUNDING; GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION; HEAT-FLOW; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; MOHO; SHEAR ZONE; SOUTHERN GRANULITE TERRAIN; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; TECTONIC MODELS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; TRANSPRESSION; UNDERPLATING;

LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEODYNAMICS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79961127178     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.033     Document Type: Letter

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