Rigid Indian plate: Constraints from GPS measurements

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 1068-1072

  Mahesh, P ^a   Catherine, J K ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^a   Kundu, Bhaskar ^a   Ambikapathy, A ^a   Bansal, Amit ^a   Premkishore, L ^a   Narsaiah, M ^a   Ghavri, Sapna ^a   Chadha, R K ^a   Choudhary, Pallabee ^b   Singh, D K ^c   Singh, S K ^c   Kumar, Subhash ^c   Nagarajan, B ^c   Bhatt, B C ^d   Tiwari, R P ^e   Kumar, Arun ^f   Kumar, Ashok ^g   Bhu, Harsh ^h   Kalita, S ⁱ   more..

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Institute of Seismological Research   (India)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^e MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^h M L SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

ⁱ GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Euler pole; Failed rift regions; Global positioning system; India Plate motion; Lithospheric plate interiors

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GPS; INDIAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; RIFT ZONE; TECTONIC ROTATION;

EID: 84866026933     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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