Global anisotropy and the thickness of continents

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6933, 2003, Pages 707-711

  Gung, Yuancheng ^a   Panning, Mark ^a   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Planetary Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CATCHMENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CONTINENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; THICKNESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037452056     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01559     Document Type: Article

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