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On satellite geoidal mapping over the Elan Bank, Antarctica


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1 Space Applications Centre (Indian Space Research Organization), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
2 Oil India Ltd, Duliajan 786 602, India
 

Satellite geoidal data over the Elan Bank region in Antarctica could be demarcated with the surroundings and confirmed as continental lithosphere. It has been obser­ved that the satellite geoidal map can well demarcate the continental margin region near the Indian coastal region using high-resolution geoid/gravity data. This also helps determine the nature of the lithospheric plate over the Elan Bank. A large portion of land got detached from the Indian plate during the transition processes between the continental and oceanic crust that were originally created by rifting. Satellite geoidal mapping is a comparatively new technique for crust delineation, offshore exploration and tectonics-related studies.

Keywords

Continental crust, geoidal mapping, lithospheric plate, satellite data.
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T. J. Majumdar
Space Applications Centre (Indian Space Research Organization), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
R. Bhattacharyya
Oil India Ltd, Duliajan 786 602, India

Abstract


Satellite geoidal data over the Elan Bank region in Antarctica could be demarcated with the surroundings and confirmed as continental lithosphere. It has been obser­ved that the satellite geoidal map can well demarcate the continental margin region near the Indian coastal region using high-resolution geoid/gravity data. This also helps determine the nature of the lithospheric plate over the Elan Bank. A large portion of land got detached from the Indian plate during the transition processes between the continental and oceanic crust that were originally created by rifting. Satellite geoidal mapping is a comparatively new technique for crust delineation, offshore exploration and tectonics-related studies.

Keywords


Continental crust, geoidal mapping, lithospheric plate, satellite data.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv122%2Fi8%2F974-978