Thermomechanical structure of European continental lithosphere: Constraints from rheological profiles and EET estimates

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 695-723

  Cloetingh, Sierd ^a   Burov, Evgene B ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Flexure of the lithosphere; Focal depth; Lithospheric deformation; Moho discontinuity; Rheology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EQUIVALENT ELASTIC THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS; THERMOMECHANICAL STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0029730855     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05633.x     Document Type: Article

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