Crustal versus asthenospheric origin of relief of the Atlas mountains of Morocco

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Missenard, Yves ^a   Zeyen, Hermann ^b   de Lamotte, Dominique Frizon ^a   Leturmy, Pascale ^a   Petit, Carole ^c   Sébrier, Michel ^c   Saddiqi, Omar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; RELIEF;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84983727802     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003708     Document Type: Article

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