The elastic thickness of the British Isles

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 499-502

  Tiley, Richard ^a   McKenzie, Dan ^a   White, Nicky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Isles; Elastic thickness; Gravity anomalies; Models; Topography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELASTIC PROPERTY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVELENGTH;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041346011     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-147     Document Type: Article

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