The flexural rigidity of Fennoscandia : Reflection of the tectonothermal age of the lithospheric mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 139-154

  Poudjom Djomani, Yvette H ^a,b   Derek Fairhead, J ^a   Griffin, William L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Fennoscandia; Gravity anomalies; Lithosphere; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CRATON; FLEXURE; LITHOSPHERE; STRENGTH; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

FINLAND; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0343485103     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(99)00260-5     Document Type: Article

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