Mapping tectonic provinces with airborne gravity and radar data in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 414-427

  Riedel, S ^a   Jokat, W ^a   Steinhage, D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antarctica; Composition of the continental crust; Cratons; Crustal structure; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CONTINENT-OCEAN BOUNDARY; CRATONS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EAST ANTARCTICA; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; GEOLOGICAL UNITS; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GLACIAL REBOUND; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; GRAVITY ANOMALIES AND EARTH STRUCTURE; GRAVITY DATA; GRAVITY INVERSIONS; GRAVITY MAPS; ICE SHEET; JURASSIC; LAND-MASSES; MAGNETIC DATA; MOUNTAIN RANGES; POLAR AREAS; RADAR DATA; RADIO-ECHO SOUNDING; RIFT SYSTEMS; RODINIA; SPACE MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL DATA; SUPERCONTINENTS; TECTONIC BOUNDARIES; TECTONIC FABRICS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THINNED CONTINENTAL CRUST;

GRAVITATION; RADIO SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; ECHO SOUNDING; GONDWANA; GRABEN; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; MAPPING METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA; SPATIAL DATA; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 84858621773     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05363.x     Document Type: Article

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