Residual topography, lithospheric structure and sunken slabs in the central Mediterranean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 117-130

  Gvirtzman, Zohar ^a   Nur, Amos ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Mediterranean region; Plate collision; Slabs; Subduction; Topography

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; COLLISION ZONE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOPOGRAPHY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0035006573     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00272-2     Document Type: Article

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