Buckling of the lithosphere in western Himalaya: Constraints from gravity and topography data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B2, 2000, Pages 3103-3113

  Caporali, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERE;

ASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0034628327     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900389     Document Type: Article

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