Preserved and modified mid-Archean crustal blocks in Dharwar craton: Seismological evidence

Precambrian Research

Volumn 246, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-34

  Borah, Kajaljyoti ^a   Rai, S S ^a   Gupta, Sandeep ^a   Prakasam, K S ^a   Kumar, Sudesh ^a   Sivaram, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Archean; Crust; Dharwar craton; Receiver function; Shear velocity; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CUMULATE; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; MOHO; P-T CONDITIONS; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE VELOCITY;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 84896531526     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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