Cenozoic epeirogeny of the Indian peninsula

• Published in: Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems : G3 Vol. 17; no. 12; pp. 4920 - 4954
• Main Authors: Richards, F. D., Hoggard, M. J., White, N. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Anomalies; Banks (topography); Basins; Buoyancy; Cenozoic; Clastics; Climate change; Correlation; Depth; Depth measurement; Drainage patterns; dynamic topography; Elevation; Epeirogeny; Escarpments; Floodplains; Fluvial deposits; Gravity; high‐elevation passive margins; History; India; Instrument depth measurement; inverse modeling; landscape evolution; Lignite; Lithosphere; Low temperature; Magma; Marine; Modelling; Monsoons; Neogene; Neogene uplift; Ocean floor; P-waves; Profiles; Rivers; Rocks; Seismic waves; Sequencing; Slope; Temperature; Temperature anomalies; Topography; Topography (geology); Upper mantle; Wave velocity; India; ISW, India

Peninsular India is a cratonic region with asymmetric relief manifest by eastward tilting from the 1.5 km high Western Ghats escarpment toward the floodplains of eastward‐draining rivers. Oceanic residual depth measurements on either side of India show that this west‐east asymmetry is broader scale,...