Spatial variations of flexure parameters over the Tibet-Quinghai plateau

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 211-224

  Braitenberg, C ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Fang, J ^b   Hsu, H T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Crust mantle interface; Elastic Thickness; Flexural isostasy; Gravity inversion; Quinghai Tibet plateau; Tarim plate

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELASTICITY; FLEXURE; GRAVITY SURVEY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0037428170     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01042-7     Document Type: Article

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