Seismic images of the continental Moho of the Indian shield

Tectonophysics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2013, Pages 217-233

  Reddy, P R ^a   Vijaya Rao, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Continental Moho; Crustal thickness; Delamination; Extension; Orogeny; Seismic reflection profiling

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MOHO; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EXTENSION; OROGENY; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS;

DELAMINATION; LAMINATING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DELAMINATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MOHO; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

CENTRAL INDIAN TECTONIC ZONE; DELHI; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD;

EID: 84889098320     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.11.022     Document Type: Review

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