Indication of the uplift of the Ardenne in long-term gravity variations in Membach (Belgium)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 346-352

  Francis, Olivier ^a,b   Van Camp, Michel ^c   van Dam T , Tonie ^b   Warnant, René ^c   Hendrickx, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b Natural History Museum Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

^c ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Absolute and relative gravity; Crustal motion; Geodynamics; GPS; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GEODYNAMICS; GRAVITY SURVEY; UPLIFT;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIEGE [BELGIUM]; MEMBACH; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3843121162     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02310.x     Document Type: Article

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