Three-dimensional gravity inversion model of the deep crustal structure of the central Drake Passage (Shackleton Fracture Zone and West Scotia Ridge, Antarctica)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Flores Márquez, E Leticia ^a   Surinach, Emma ^b   Galindo Zaldivar, Jesús ^c   Maldonado, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global gravity grid; Global seafloor topography; Gravity; Numerical inversion; Shackleton Fracture Zone; Three dimensional deep structure

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTURE ZONE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANTARCTICA; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0348159771     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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