Density contrasts in the upper mantle and lower crust across the continent-ocean transition: Constraints from 3-D gravity modelling at the Norwegian margin

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 536-548

  Maystrenko, Yuriy ^a   Scheck Wenderoth, Magdalena ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Continental margins: divergent; Crustal structure; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Gravity anomalies and earth structure; Sedimentary basin processes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; FRACTURE ZONE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LINEAMENT; LOWER CRUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; JAN MAYEN; MORE BASIN; NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN MARGIN [NORTH SEA]; NORWEGIAN SEA; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; VORING BASIN;

EID: 70350268095     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04273.x     Document Type: Article

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