Three dimensional inversion of gravity data from the Main Ethiopian Rift

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-373

  Jentzsch, G ^a   Mahatsente, R ^b   Jahr, T ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Geophysik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DATA INVERSION; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MOHO; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0034131355     PISSN: 14641895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1895(00)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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