Crust-mantle mechanical structure in the Central Mediterranean region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 603, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-103

  Splendore, Raffaele ^a   Marotta, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Mediterranean; Lithosphere strength heterogeneities; Lithosphere thermal field; Rheological analysis

Indexed keywords

3D THERMAL MODEL; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; LITHOSPHERE STRENGTH HETEROGENEITIES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; RADIOGENIC HEAT PRODUCTION; RHEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL FIELD;

GEOPHYSICS; PHYSICS;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84882285978     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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