Gravity signature of the western Parana Basin, Brazil

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 117-132

  Vidotti, R M ^a   Ebinger, C J ^a   Fairhead, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; FLOOD BASALT; GRAVITY;

BRAZIL, PARANA BASIN;

EID: 0032580948     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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