Curie point depth in Venezuela and the Eastern Caribbean

Tectonophysics

Volumn 590, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-51

  Arnaiz Rodríguez, Mariano S ^a   Orihuela, Nuris ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Curie point depth; Heat flow; Magnetic anomalies; The Eastern Caribbean; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CURIE POINT DEPTHS; LATERAL VARIATIONS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN; VENEZUELA;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CURIE TEMPERATURE;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CORRELATION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CURIE POINT; HEAT FLOW; ISOSTASY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; VENEZUELA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84875378584     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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