Three-dimensional gravity modelling of the European Mediterranean lithosphere

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 355-367

  Yegorova, T P ^a   Starostenko, V I ^a   Kozlenko, V G ^a   Pavlenkova, N I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

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

Author keywords

3 D gravity modelling; Density heterogeneity; Isostasy; Lithosphere; Mantle

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; GRAVITY; ISOSTASY; MANTLE (UPPER);

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0030960936     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01588.x     Document Type: Article

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