Geodynamic evolution of the northern Molucca Sea area (Eastern Indonesia) constrained by 3-D gravity field inversion

Tectonophysics

Volumn 386, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 203-222

  Widiwijayanti, Christina ^a,b   Tiberi, Christel ^c   Deplus, Christine ^a   Diament, Michel ^a   Mikhailov, Valentin ^a,d   Louat, Rémy ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

3 D gravity inversion; Crustal structure; Geodynamics; Gravity field; Molucca Sea

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; GRAVIMETRY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MOLUCCAS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 4444290082     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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