Gravity crustal models and heat flow measurements for the Eurasia Basin, Arctic Ocean

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 277-292

  Urlaub, Morelia ^a,c   Schmidt Aursch, Mechita C ^b   Jokat, Wilfried ^b   Kaul, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Gakkel ridge; Gravity modelling; Heat flow; Mantle heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SITE SELECTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GAKKEL RIDGE; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; GRAVITY MODELLING; HETEROGENEOUS MANTLE; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; ULTRA-SLOW SPREADING;

HEAT TRANSFER;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEOMETRY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GRAVITY ANOMALY; HEAT FLOW; ICE COVER; PACK ICE; SEISMIC DATA; SERPENTINIZATION; UPPER MANTLE;

AMUNDSEN BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIAN BASIN; GAKKEL RIDGE;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77957324278     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-010-9093-x     Document Type: Article

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