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Agrawal et al. 1986
Agrawal, P.K., Thakur, N.K. and Negi, J.G. (1986). A deep structural ridge beneath central India. Geophysical Research Letters 13: doi: 10.1029/GL013i005p00491. issn: 0094-8276.

A joint-inversion of magnetic satellite (MAGSAT) and free air gravity data has been conducted to quantitatively investigate the cause for Bouguer gravity anomaly over Central Indian plateaus and possible fold consequences beside Himalayan zone in the Indian sub-continent due to collision between Indian and Eurasian plates. The appropriate inversion with 40 km crustal depth model has delineated after discriminating high density and magnetisation models, for the first time, about 1500 km long hidden ridge structure trending NW-SE. The structure is parallel to Himalayan fold axis and the Indian Ocean ridge in the Arabian Sea. A quantitative relief model across a representative anomaly profile confirms the ridge structure with its highest point nearly 6 km high than the surrounding crustal level in peninsular India. The ridge structure finds visible support from the astro-geoidal contours.

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