Mapping crustal thickness and oceanic lithosphere distribution in the eastern Mediterranean using gravity inversion

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 373-380

  Cowie, Leanne ^a   Kusznir, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENUE TROUGH; CONTINENT-OCEAN BOUNDARY; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EGYPTIANS; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; GRAVITY INVERSIONS; IONIAN SEA; LEVANT BASIN; LITHOSPHERE THINNING; MOHO DEPTH; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RIFT SYSTEMS; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SHEAR ZONE; THINNED CONTINENTAL CRUST;

GRAVITATION; LITHOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MOHO; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84871456249     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo2011-071     Document Type: Article

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