3D lithosphere-scale density model of the Central European Basin System and adjacent areas

Tectonophysics

Volumn 601, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-77

  Maystrenko, Yuriy Petrovich ^a,b   Scheck Wenderoth, Magdalena ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

3D gravity modeling; 3D structural density model; Central Europe; Crustal structure; Lithosphere; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

3D GRAVITY MODELING; CENTRAL EUROPE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; EAST-EUROPEAN CRATON; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; METALS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONICS;

EAST EUROPEAN CRATON; GERMANIC BASIN;

EID: 84880132378     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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