Structure and origin of the 85°E ridge

Authors :: V. Subrahmanyam
T. Ramprasad
G.P.S. Murty
M.V. Ramana
K. S. Krishna
A.K. Chaubey
C. Subrahmanyam
M. Desa
K.V.L.N.S. Sarma
Source :: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 102:17995-18012
Publication Year :: 1997
Publisher :: American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1997.
Abstract: The submerged 85°E Ridge in the Bay of Bengal trends approximately N-S between 19°N and 6°N latitudes. Off the southeast coast of Sri Lanka it takes an arcuate shape and seems to terminate with the northward extension of the Afanasy Nikitin seamounts situated around 2°S latitude. The ridge is characterized by positive magnetic (100–400 nT) and negative free-air gravity (

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