Subcontinental mantle dynamics: A further analysis based on the joint constraints of dynamic surface topography and free-air graviy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B3, 2000, Pages 5635-5662

  Pari, Giovanni ^a   Peltier, W Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034629498     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900349     Document Type: Article

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