The crustal thickness of Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B6, 2000, Pages 13697-13713

  Clitheroe, G ^a,b   Gudmundsson, O ^a,c   Kennett, B L N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0034631219     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900317     Document Type: Article

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