Constraints on Moho depth and crustal thickness in the Liguro- Provencal basin from a 3D gravity inversion: geodynamic implications

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 156, Issue , 1999, Pages 37-61

  Chamot Rooke, N ^a,c   Gaulier, J M ^b   Jestin, F ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c BEICIP FRANLAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MOHO;

EID: 0033373952     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.04     Document Type: Article

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