The continental tectosphere and Earth's long-wavelength gravity field

Developments in Crop Science

Volumn 24, Issue C, 1999, Pages 135-152

  Shapiro, Steven S ^a   Hager, Bradford H ^a   Jordan, Thomas H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental tectosphere; Earth; Geoid anomaly; Gravity anomaly; Long wavelength gravity field

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957073205     PISSN: 0378519X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0419-0254(99)80009-3     Document Type: Article

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