Isostasy, equivalent elastic thickness, and inelastic rheology of continents and oceans

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 419-422

  Burov, E ^a,b   Diament, M ^a  

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

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELASTIC THICKNESS; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MODEL PREDICTION; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; RHEOLOGICAL DATA; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; GEOTHERMS; LITHOSPHERIC; PLATE CURVATURE; THREE PARAMETERS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELASTICITY; ISOSTASY; LOADING; OCEANIC CRUST; RHEOLOGY; STRENGTH; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EQUIVALENT ELASTIC THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE;

EID: 0029773707     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0419:IEETAI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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