A gravity anomaly map of the Irish western seabord

Irish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn , Issue 21, 2003, Pages 133-142

  Readman, P W ^a   O'Reilly, B M ^b   Murphy, T ^a   Makris, J ^b  

^a Dublin Institute for Advanced Sudies   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAPPING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

(WEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRELAND; PORCUPINE BASIN; ROCKALL BASIN;

EID: 0141872925     PISSN: 07901763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/ijes.2003.21.1.133     Document Type: Article

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