Gravity modelling of the Hellenic subduction zone - a regional study

Tectonophysics

Volumn 417, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 183-200

  Casten, U ^a   Snopek, K ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D forward modelling; African Eurasian plate collision; Bouguer gravity field; Density structure; Plate boundaries

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; COLLISION ZONE; GRAVITY FIELD; MODELING; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

HELLENIC ARC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33645744240     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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