Insights into the lithospheric structure and tectonic setting of the Barents Sea region from isostatic considerations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1390-1403

  Ebbing, Joerg ^a,b   Braitenberg, C ^c   Wienecke, S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Gravity anomalies; Isostasy; Lithosphere; Sedimentary basins

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MODELING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 36349016076     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03602.x     Document Type: Article

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