Can tectonic processes be recovered from new gravity satellite data?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 281-297

  Mikhailov, Valentin ^a,b   Tikhotsky, Sergei ^a   Diament, Michel ^b   Panet, Isabelle ^b,c   Ballu, Valérie ^b  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alaska; Chile; Earthquakes; GOCE; GRACE; Satellite gravity; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY FIELDS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

DATA REDUCTION; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; STRAIN;

TECTONICS;

GEODYNAMICS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TECTONICS;

EID: 10644285786     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.035     Document Type: Article

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