![]() RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 4, NO. 1, PAGES 19–33, doi:10.2205/2002ES000082, 2001
A gravity model of the north Eurasia crust and upper mantle: 2. The Alpine-Mediterranean foldbelt and adjacent structures of the southern former USSRM. K. Kaban Schmidt United Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RussiaAbstract
[1] A density model of the lithosphere for the Caucasus, Kopet-Dagh, a part of Tien-Shan,
Caspian and Black seas, as well as for adjacent parts of East European platform and
Turanian plate is constructed based on an integrated analysis of gravity, seismic
refraction and geological data. Joint analysis of the mantle and isostatic gravity anomalies
shows that the tectonics in the study area is controlled not only by the continental plate
convergence but also by processes in the upper mantle. The residual mantle anomalies in
the region are as much as
Received 8 February 2002; published 21 March 2002. Keywords: gravity model, upper mantle, Alpine-Mediterranean foldbelt, mantle anomalies. ![]() Citation: Kaban, M. K. (2001), A gravity model of the north Eurasia crust and upper mantle: 2. The Alpine-Mediterranean foldbelt and adjacent structures of the southern former USSR, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 4, No.1, 19-33, doi:10.2205/2002ES000082. Copyright 2002 by the Russian Journal of Earth Sciences Powered by TeXWeb (Win32, v.2.0). |