Combined use of the GGSFT data base and on board marine collected data to model the Moho beneath the Powell Basin, Antarctica

Geologica Acta

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-335

  Chavez R E ^a   Flores Márquez, E Leticia ^a   Sunriñach, Emma ^b   Galindo Zaldivar J G ^c   Rodrigues Fernandez J R ^d   Maldonado, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Gravity; Inverse theory; Marine geophysics; Powell Basin

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY SURVEY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MOHO; OCEAN BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ORKNEY; POWELL BASIN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST ANTARCTICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38349148959     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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