3-D modelling of Alpine Mohos in Southwestern Alps

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 961-975

  Schreiber, Dimitri ^a   Lardeaux, Jean Marc ^a   Martelet, Guillaume ^b   Courrioux, Gabriel ^b   Guillen, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Mantle processes; Probability distributions; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MANTLE PROCESS; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STOCHASTICITY; STRAIN PARTITIONING; SUBDUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THRUST;

ALPS;

EID: 77950131799     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04486.x     Document Type: Article

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