Images of the Earth's Crust & Upper Mantle

Updated: Feb 09, 2006

Southern and Eastern Asia

Indian sub-continent crustal structure, India
Summary of seismic tomography experiments in the Himalaya and Peninsular Shield regions of India. Seismic results in the Peninsular Shield area show internal structure of the three cratonic regions; Aravalli, Dharwar and Singhbhum, and the bounding Proterozoic rifts and mobile belts. Seismic results in the Himalaya region show structures formed during collision of India with Eurasia.

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