Upper crustal structure of Deception Island area (Bransfield Strait, Antarctica) from gravity and magnetic modelling

Antarctic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-224

  Munoz Martin A ^a   Catalan M ^b   Martin Davila J ^b   Carbo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Real instituto y Observatorio de la Armada   (Spain)

Author keywords

Euler deconvolution; Gravity and magnetic anomalies; Marine survey; Potential field modelling

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETIC SURVEY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; DECEPTION ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WORLD;

EID: 20844446201     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102005002622     Document Type: Article

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