Explaining the thick crust in Paraná basin, Brazil, with satellite GOCE gravity observations

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-223

  Mariani, Patrizia ^a   Braitenberg, Carla ^a   Ussami, Naomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GOCE satellite mission; Moho gravity; Paran basin, Brazil; Underplating

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FLOOD BASALT; GABBRO; GOCE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; SATELLITE MISSION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNDERPLATING; VOLCANISM;

BRAZIL; PARANA BASIN;

EID: 84877033805     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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