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dc.contributor.authorSubrahmanyam, C.
dc.contributor.authorThakur, N.K.
dc.contributor.authorRao, T.G.
dc.contributor.authorKhanna, R.
dc.contributor.authorRamana, M.V.
dc.contributor.authorSubrahmanyam, V.
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-10T11:15:57Z
dc.date.available2009-01-10T11:15:57Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.citationEarth Planetary Science Letters, Vol.171; 237-251p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1787
dc.description.abstractRecently released satellite-derived free air gravity anomalies and the existing ship-board geophysical data provide new insights into the tectonics of the Bay of Bengal with respect to the structure and regional extension of the buried 85 degrees E ridge and the tectonics of the Eastern Continental Margin of India (ECMI). The 85 degrees E ridge can be visualized extending inland via the Mahanadi basin volcanics to the Rajmahal Traps. A large volcanic province in eastern India encompassing the Rajmahal and Sylhet Traps and volcanics in the Bengal and Mahanadi basins, almost on the scale of the Deccan volcanic province along the west coast, can be envisaged taking into account the occurrences of intrusive rocks around the age of 117 Ma. Gravity models of the ridge are indicative of hotspot-related crustal underplating processes beneath the ridge. The ECMI can be divided into a southern transform and northern rifted segments on the basis of gravity and bathymetry data, which bear similarities with the conjugate East Antarctica margin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsCopyright [1999]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjecttectonics
dc.subjecttree air anomalies
dc.subjectbathymetric data
dc.subjecttransform faults
dc.subjectmagma
dc.subjectmodels
dc.titleTectonics of the Bay of Bengal: New insights from satellite-gravity and ship-borne geophysical data
dc.typeJournal Article


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