Thickness, composition, and evolution of the Indian Precambrian crust inferred from broadband seismological measurements

Precambrian Research

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 4-15

  Jagadeesh, S ^a   Rai, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crust; Hales discontinuity; India; Lithosphere; Precambrian; Receiver function

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DELAMINATION; DEPTH DETERMINATION; DUPLEX; GARNET; LITHOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOHO; PERIDOTITE; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ARAVALLI CRATON; ASIA; BASTAR CRATON; BUNDELKHAND; DHARWAR CRATON; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84932938922     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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