The three-dimensional lithospheric structure of the Falkland Plateau region based on gravity modelling

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 795-806

  Kimbell, Geoffrey S ^a   Richards, Philip C ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRUSTAL THINNING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC SURVEY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND PLATEAU;

EID: 48249094639     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-114     Document Type: Article

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