Crustal structure under the central High Atlas Mountains (Morocco) from geological and gravity data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 400, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 67-84

  Ayarza, Puy ^a   Alvarez Lobato, F ^a   Teixell, A ^b   Arboleya, M L ^b   Teson E ^b   Julivert, M ^b   Charroud, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bouguer gravity anomaly modelling; Crustal root; High Atlas; Isostatic compensation; Morocco; Topography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; TECTONOPHYSICS;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

MOHO;

EID: 17844364464     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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