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The effects of lithospheric thickness and density structure on Earth's stress field

dc.contributor.authorNaliboff, John Benjaminen_US
dc.contributor.authorLithgow‐bertelloni, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRuff, Larry J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorde Koker, Nico Pieter Janen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-05T22:07:39Z
dc.date.available2013-03-04T15:29:55Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationNaliboff, J.B.; Lithgow‐bertelloni, C. ; Ruff, L.J.; de Koker, N. (2012). "The effects of lithospheric thickness and density structure on Earth's stress field." Geophysical Journal International 188(1). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/89572>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0956-540Xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1365-246Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/89572
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherComposition of the Mantleen_US
dc.subject.otherDynamics of Lithosphere and Mantleen_US
dc.subject.otherDynamics: Gravity and Tectonicsen_US
dc.subject.otherMechanics, Theory, and Modellingen_US
dc.subject.otherRheology: Crust and Lithosphereen_US
dc.subject.otherRheology: Mantleen_US
dc.titleThe effects of lithospheric thickness and density structure on Earth's stress fielden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelGeology and Earth Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, MI, USA. E‐mail: jbnaliboff@ucdavis.eduen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UKen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherBayerisches Geoinstitute, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germanyen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/89572/1/j.1365-246X.2011.05248.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05248.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceGeophysical Journal Internationalen_US
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