Lithosphere mechanical behavior inferred from tidal gravity anomalies: A comparison of Africa and South America

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 397-412

  Mantovani, Marta S M ^a   Shukowsky, Wladimir ^a   de Freitas, Silvio R C ^b   Brito Neves, Benjamim B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere thermal state; Effective elastic thickness; Gondwana; Tidal gravity anomaly

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY TIDAL COMPONENT (TGA); GRAVITY TOPOGRAPHY COHERENCE; NEOPROTEROZOIC ROCKS; THERMO MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIDES; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

LITHOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GONDWANA; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12744261741     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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