Estimating the effective elastic thickness of the lithosphere of the Iberian peninsula based on multitaper spectral analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 729-735

  Gomez Ortiz D ^a,b   Tejero, R ^b   Ruiz, J ^b   Babin Vich R ^b   Gonzalez Casado J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continental deformation; Crustal structure; Geodynamics; Gravity anomalies; Rheology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GRAVIMETRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15044362720     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02499.x     Document Type: Article

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