Discussion on gravity anomalies and crustal structure of the middle Qinling Mountains

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3999-4008

  Wang, Qian Shen ^a   Teng, Ji Wen ^a   Zhang, Yong Qian ^a   Yang, Hui ^a   Zhao, Bin Bin ^a   Hu, Guo Ze ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Fault structure; Gravity directional derivative; Gravity field; Middle Qinling

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIRECTIONAL DERIVATIVE; FAULT STRUCTURE; GRAVITY FIELD; MIDDLE QINLING;

LANDFORMS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GRAVITY ANOMALY;

CHINA; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84896259199     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: 08989591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20131206     Document Type: Article

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