Mantle flow modeling of the anomalous subsidence of the Silurian Baltic Basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Daradich, A ^a   Pysklywec, R N ^a   Mitrovica, J X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; FORELAND BASIN; LONG WAVELENGTH; MANTLE CONVECTION; NEAR FIELDS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE SUBDUCTION; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 0037088823     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013947     Document Type: Article

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