Petrophysical properties of the Deccan basalts exposed in the Western Ghats escarpment around Mahabaleshwar and Koyna, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 176-187

  Prasanna Lakshmi, K J ^a   Senthil Kumar, P ^a   Vijayakumar, K ^a   Ravinder, S ^a   Seshunarayana, T ^a   Sen, Mrinal K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan basalts; Density; P and S wave velocity; Petrophysical stratigraphy; Poisson's ratio; Porosity

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BASEMENT ROCK; ESCARPMENT; LAVA FLOW; P-WAVE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; S-WAVE; STRATIGRAPHY; WAVE VELOCITY;

INDIA; KOYNA; MAHABALESHWAR; MAHARASHTRA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84895920850     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.08.028     Document Type: Article

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