The tilting continent: A new constraint on the dynamic topographic field from Australia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 152-163

  Sandiford, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; dynamic topography; epeirogeny; geoid; intraplate tectonics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; EPEIROGENY; GEOID; INTRAPLATE TECTONICS;

SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOID; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NEOGENE; SEA LEVEL; SUBDUCTION; TILT; TOPOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548294280     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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