Variation of crustal thickness in the Philippine Sea deduced from three-dimensional gravity modeling

Island Arc

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 322-337

  Ishihara, Takemi ^a   Koda, Keita ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal thickness; Gravity; Kyushu Palau Ridge; Mantle Bouguer anomaly; Parece Vela Basin; Philippine Sea; Shikoku Basin; Three dimensional modeling; West Philippine Basin

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 34548336425     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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