Gravity constraints on the dynamics of the crust-mantle system during Calabrian subduction

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 977-985

  Marotta, Anna Maria ^a   Barzaghi, R ^b   Borghi, A ^b   Spelta, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamics: Gravity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; SUBDUCTION; THERMOMECHANICS; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 36348966658     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03599.x     Document Type: Article

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