Spatial variations in Te in the southern Appalachians, eastern United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B10, 2001, Pages 22009-22026

  Armstrong, G D ^a   Watts, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035171588     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000284     Document Type: Article

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