Density structure and buoyancy of the oceanic lithosphere revisited

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Afonso, J C ^a   Ranalli, G ^b   Fernandez M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY STRUCTURE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC MANTLE; THERMAL MODELLING;

BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BUOYANCY; COMPRESSIBILITY; GEODYNAMICS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 34447515197     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029515     Document Type: Article

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