Gravity-inferred crustal thickness of Greenland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 138-158

  Braun, Alexander ^a   Kim, Hyung Rae ^b   Csatho, Beata ^c   von Frese, Ralph R B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

basal melt; crustal thickness; generalized isostatic analysis; gravity; Greenland; ice sheet; Iceland hotspot; Moho

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HOTSPOT TRACK; ICE SHEET; ISOSTATIC ANALYSIS;

BASALT; GLACIERS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; ROCKS; WATER;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BASAL MELTING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INVERSION; FOLD BELT; GRAVITY; HOT SPOT; ICE SHEET; ISOSTASY; MOHO; TERRAIN;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 34648846539     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.050     Document Type: Article

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