A new assessment of the elastic thickness (Te) structure of the Indian shield, and its implications

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-281

  Trivedi, Deshraj ^a   Singh, Yudhvir ^b   Maji, Tanmay K ^a   Suresh, Ch ^a   Nair, Rajesh R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DECONVOLUTION; ELASTICITY; GPS; ISOTROPY; MANTLE; SHIELD;

INDIAN SHIELD;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84862125524     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-5172     Document Type: Article

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