Lateral variations in mechanical properties of the Romanian external Carpathians: Inferences of flexure and gravity modelling

Tectonophysics

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 147-166

  Matenco L ^a   Zoetemeijer, R ^b   Cloetingh, S ^b   Dinu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carpathians; Flexure modelling; Gravity modelling; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FLEXURE MODELLING; GRAVITY MODELLING; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

EID: 0031414476     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00217-5     Document Type: Article

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