Crustal structure beneath the Tell and Atlas Mountains (Algeria and Tunisia) through the analysis of gravity data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 314, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-385

  Mickus, Kevin ^a   Jallouli, Chokri ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Atlas Mountains; Continental tectonics; Crustal structure; Gravity; Isostasy; North Africa

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY SURVEY; ISOSTASY;

ALGERIA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; TELL MOUNTAINS; TUNISIA;

EID: 0033620103     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00225-5     Document Type: Article

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