Experimental evidence for mantle drag in the Mediterranean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Barba, Salvatore ^a   Carafa, Michele M C ^a,b   Boschi, Enzo ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

MANTLE FLOW; SHEAR BASAL TRACTIONS;

DRAG;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA SET; DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GPS; MANTLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MODELING; PREDICTION; SHEAR; TECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 44349086925     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033281     Document Type: Article

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