Deciphering plume-lithosphere interactions beneath Europe from topographic signatures

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 58, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 119-140

  Guillou Frottier, Laurent ^a   Burov, Evgenii ^b   Nehlig, Pierre ^a   Wyns, Robert ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Europe; lithosphere; plume; topography; wavelet

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; RHEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EIFEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; MASSIF CENTRAL; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; SUDETES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250318637     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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