Inversion of gravity data to determine the terrain density distribution in southwest Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 27703-27719

  Nawa, Kazunari ^a   Fukao, Yoshio ^b   Shichi, Ryuichi ^a   Murata, Yasuaki ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; GRAVITY DATA; INVERSION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031462681     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02543     Document Type: Article

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