The free-air gravity constraint on subcontinental mantle dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 28105-28132

  Pari, Giovanni ^a   Peltier, W Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FORCE; FREE AIR ANOMALY; GRAVITY SURVEY; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0001506339     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02099     Document Type: Article

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