Temperature and density of the Tyrrhenian lithosphere and slab and new interpretation of gravity field in the Tyrrhenian Basin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 412, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 27-47

  Cella, F ^a   de Lorenzo, S ^b   Fedi, M ^c   Loddo, M ^b   Mongelli, F ^b   Rapolla, A ^c   Zito, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Central Mediterranean; Density model; Gravity anomalies; Heat flow; Lithosphere; Subduction; Thermal model; Tyrrhenian Basin

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY FIELD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN BASIN;

EID: 29944434117     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.08.025     Document Type: Article

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