Instantaneous dynamics of the cratonic Congo basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Downey, Nathan J ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; COUPLING; CRATON; FLEXURE; FORCE; GEODYNAMICS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY; WAVE VELOCITY;

AFRICA; CONGO BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349413138     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006066     Document Type: Article

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