Curved Andes: Geoid, forebulge, and flexure

Lithosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 358-363

  Chase, C G ^a   Sussman, A J ^b   Coblentz, D D ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE ELASTIC THICKNESS; ELASTIC THICKNESS; GEOID ANOMALIES; PLATE FLEXURE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SINGLE MODELS; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; VEGETATIVE COVER;

TOPOGRAPHY;

CURVATURE; ELEVATION; FLEXURE; GEOID; GEOMETRY; LATITUDE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SHIELD; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER; WAVELENGTH;

AMAZONIA; ANDES;

EID: 77953021471     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L67.1     Document Type: Article

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