Isostasy, dynamic topography, and the elevation of the Apennines of Italy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 407, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-174

  Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Becker, Thorsten W ^b   Miller, Meghan S ^b   Serpelloni, Enrico ^c   Willett, Sean D ^d  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apennines; Elevation; Isostasy; Subduction

Indexed keywords

APENNINES; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; ELEVATION; ISOSTASY; SUBDUCTION;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKENING; GEODESY; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE TECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; SUBDUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

APENNINES; CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 84908244932     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.027     Document Type: Article

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