Moho geometry gravity inversion experiment (MoGGIE): A refined model of the Australian Moho, and its tectonic and isostatic implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 71-83

  Aitken, Alan R A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Gravity inversion; Isostasy; Moho

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONSTRAINED MODELS; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL BOUNDARIES; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DENSITY MODELS; GRAVITY DATA; GRAVITY INVERSIONS; ISOSTASY; LAYER MODEL; LONG WAVELENGTH; MOHO; MOHO DEPTH; MULTIPLE SCALE; REASONABLE ACCURACY; REFINED MODEL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHEAR ZONE; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SPARSE DATA; TECTONIC BLOCKS; TECTONIC FEATURES; UPPER CRUST;

GEODESY; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVITY SURVEY; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC METHOD; SHEAR ZONE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77956011521     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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