Estimation of crustal discontinuities from reflected seismic waves recorded at Shillong and Mikir Hills Plateau, Northeast India

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1283-1292

  Baruah, Saurabh ^a   Bora, Dipok K ^a   Biswas, Rajib ^a  

^a CSIR NORTH EAST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Conrad and Moho discontinuities; Reflected seismic waves; Shillong and Mikir Hills Plateau; Travel time

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MOHO; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASSAM; INDIA; MIKIR HILLS; SHILLONG PLATEAU;

EID: 80051475690     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0541-2     Document Type: Article

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