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Structure and tectonics of the Indian continental crust and its adjoining region : Deep seismic studies /

Structure and Tectonics of the Indian Continental Crust and Its Adjoining Region: Deep Seismic Studies, Second Edition, collates essential data from seismic studies of Earth's crust across India, offering an essential understanding of the tectonic development of the Indian subcontinent. Seismic...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Tewari, Harish C. (Autor), Prasad, B.Rajen (Autor), Kumar, Prakash (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, PA : Elsevier, 2018.
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Structure and Tectonics of the Indian Continental Crust and Its Adjoining Region: Deep Seismic Studies; Copyright; Contents; Chapter One: Overview of Crust and Introduction to Seismic Observations on Indian Plate; 1.1. Lithosphere and Asthenosphere; 1.1.1. The Crust; 1.1.2. The Mechanisms of Crustal Evolution; 1.2. Seismological Studies of the Earth's Crust; 1.3. Controlled Source Seismic Study; 1.4. Controlled Source Seismic Studies Over the Indian Plate; Chapter Two: Indian Peninsular Shield; 2.1. East-West Profiles Across the Eastern and Western Dharwar Cratons.
  • 2.1.1. Cuddapah Basin2.1.1.1. Geology and Tectonics; 2.1.1.2. Seismic Results; 2.1.1.3. Evolutionary Model; 2.1.2. Western Dharwar Craton; 2.1.2.1. Geology and Tectonics; 2.1.2.2. Seismic Results; 2.1.3. Other Interpretations of East-West Profiles; 2.2. Southern Granulite Terrane; 2.2.1. Geology and Tectonics; 2.2.2. Seismic Results; 2.2.2.1. Kuppam-Palani Profile; 2.2.2.2. Evolutionary Model of the Cauvery Shear Zone System; 2.2.2.3. Vattalkundu-Kanyakumari Profile; Chapter Three: Aravalli-Delhi Fold Belt; 3.1. Geology and Tectonics; 3.2. Seismic Results.
  • 3.3. The Evolutionary Model of the Aravalli-Delhi Fold BeltChapter Four: East Coast Sedimentary Basins of India; 4.1. The East Coast Basins; 4.2. The West Bengal Basin; 4.2.1. Geology and Tectonics; 4.2.2. Seismic Results; 4.3. The Mahanadi Basin; 4.3.1. Geology and Tectonics; 4.3.2. Seismic Results; 4.4. The Godavari Rift Basin; 4.4.1. Geology and Tectonics; 4.4.2. Seismic results; Chapter Five: Deccan Volcanic Province Near the West Coast; 5.1. The West Coast of India; 5.2. The Deccan Trap; 5.3. The Koyna Region; 5.3.1. Geology and Tectonics; 5.3.2. Seismic Results; 5.4. The Cambay Basin.
  • 5.4.1. Geology and Tectonics5.4.2. Seismic Results; 5.5. The Saurashtra Peninsula; 5.5.1. Geology and Tectonics; 5.5.2. Seismic Results; 5.6. Reasons for Thinner and Underplated Crust; Chapter Six: Central Indian Region; 6.1. The Narmada Region; 6.1.1. Geology and Tectonics; 6.1.2. Seismic Results; 6.1.3. Tectonic Significance of Seismic Results; 6.2. Deep Reflection Studies Across the Central Indian Suture; Chapter Seven: Northwest Himalayan, Tibet, and Karakoram Regions; 7.1. Geology and Tectonics of the Northwest Himalaya; 7.2. Seismotectonics of the Himalayan and Tibet Regions.
  • 7.3. Crustal Seismic Studies in the Eastern Himalayan Region of Nepal and Tibet7.4. Project INDEPTH Studies in the High Himalaya and Tibet; 7.5. Crustal Seismic Studies in the Pamir-Karakoram Region; 7.6. Crustal Seismic Studies in Hindukush and Jammu and Kashmir Regions; 7.7. Tectonic Significance of Seismic Results; 7.8. Deep Reflection Studies in Himachal Pradesh; Chapter Eight: Velocity Structure of the Indian Crust; Chapter Nine: Global and Indian Scenario of Crustal Thickness; 9.1. Global Crustal Thickness and Nature of the Moho; 9.2. Oceanic Crustal Structure.