The continental tectosphere and Earth's long-wavelength gravity field

Lithos

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 135-152

  Shapiro, Steven S ^a,b   Hager, Bradford H ^a   Jordan, Thomas H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GUILFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental tectosphere; Earth; Geoid anomaly; Gravity anomaly; Long wavelength gravity field

Indexed keywords

GEOID; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 0033402951     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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