Effect of windowing on lithosphere elastic thickness estimates obtained via the coherence method: Results from northern South America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Ojeda, Germán ^a   Whitman, Dean ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence method; Flexural isostasy; Lithosphere strength; North Andes; Topography and gravity

Indexed keywords

FLEXURE; GRAVITY; ISOSTASY; MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY;

(NORTH); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037688107     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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