A digital rock density map of New Zealand

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1181-1191

  Tenzer, Robert ^a   Sirguey, Pascal ^a   Rattenbury, Mark ^b   Nicolson, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crust; Database; Density; Geological mapping; Gravimetry; Rock types

Indexed keywords

CRUST; DATA SETS; DATABASE; DENSITY MODELS; GEOID MODELS; GEOLOGICAL MAP; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRANITIC ROCKS; IGNIMBRITES; MEAN DENSITY; NEW ZEALAND; ROCK DENSITY; ROCK TYPES; SOUTH ISLAND; SURFACE ROCKS; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MAPPING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATABASE; DENSITY; DIGITAL MAP; GEOID; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GNEISS; GRAVIMETRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IGNIMBRITE; ROCK PROPERTY; SCHIST; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TEPHRA;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 79960915943     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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