Antarctic crustal thickness from satellite gravity: Implications for the Transantarctic and Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 194-203

  Block, Adrienne E ^a,b   Bell, Robin E ^b   Studinger, Michael ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; crustal thickness model; Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; GRACE; Moho; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CRUSTAL THICKNESS MODEL; GAMBURTSEV SUBGLACIAL MOUNTAINS; GRACE; MOHO; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

LANDFORMS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEODYNAMICS; GRAVITY FIELD; ICE SHEET; MODELING; MOHO; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GAMBURTSEV MOUNTAINS; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 70350746059     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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